Google (GOOG) has been told that one man has the “right to be forgotten” by a Japanese court.
The man who requested the right to be forgotten, which will delete certain search results connected to his name, says that Google searches link him to a crime. He says that his life has been threatened due to searches of his name that lead to articles that suggest he was involved in a crime over 10 years ago, reports The Japan Times.
A judge from the Tokyo District Court has ordered Google to remove about 120 search results connected to the man. However, the company has refused to do so. The court overruled its refusal and said the deletion of the search results won’t cause it to suffer an unjust disadvantage, The Japan Times notes.
“We remove pages from our search results when required by local law—including Japan’s long-standing privacy and defamation laws,” Google told The Wall Street Journal. “We’re currently reviewing this preliminary injunction from the Tokyo District Court.”
GOOG shares were down 1% as of Friday afternoon.
