Google on Thursday restored several links to stories in Britain's Guardian newspaper, some time after news about those links going non-searchable broke out.
Earlier Google was asked to remove the stories describing how a soccer referee lied about reversing a penalty decision. Though it was unclear who asked Google to remove the stories, British newspaper, The Guardian protested the removal and Google had to reverse its decision.
Meanwhile, a BBC article that described how former Merrill Lynch Chief Executive Officer E. Stanley O'Neal was ousted after the investment bank racked up billions of dollars in losses, has not been restored.
The ruling, which the internet search leader criticised from the outset, has privacy advocates condemning the press censorship and highlighting the potential dangers of the ruling and its unwieldiness in practice.
Soon after the ruling, Google received more than 70,000 requests, and began acting upon them in past days though the company has not put a deadline as to how many days would be required to process a request.
The outrage over the recent incidents has sparked a debate over the forgetting request actually ending up publicising the issues.
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