Murderer secures right to ask for removal of online data about him. Image via AP.
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Murderer secures right to erase online presence

A convicted murderer in Germany, sentenced in 1982 and released in 2002, appealed for the right to erasure of online data about him. While his case was denied by a federal court in 2012, a higher court in Karlsruhe has upheld his rights, which may force online news websites to comply with the ruling by blocking access to articles written about him.

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