Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law has come to Wikipedia

A Wikipedia entry was removed from search results for the first time today as a part of Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten’ legislation. So far, no one has identified which link will be removed from search results or who made the request. The link’s removal was first reported by the Observer in a profile about Wikipedia’s founder Jimmy Wales. On September 9 in Madrid, Wales will serve on a panel, chosen by Google, charged with developing search engine guidelines for dealing with link removal requests related to the ‘right to be forgotten’ law. “The legislation is completely insane and needs to be fixed,” said Wales in the Observer profile.