WHILE THE IRON'S HOT: Shefet's mission to make search engines legally responsible for the information they display, chimes with growing unease across political and business circles in Europe over the market power of mostly US tech giants and their approach to privacy.
BRUSSELS: The lawyer who last year forced Google to remove links to defamatory information about him worldwide, is now hoping to convince the European Commission to introduce rules to make it easier for others to remove harmful information online.
Dan Shefet, a Danish lawyer based in Paris, met a key EU policymaker on Monday to discuss his proposals for ensuring search engines delist harmful content globally, not just in the 28-nation European Union.
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