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19th Mar 2024

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France takes Google's 'right to be forgotten' to EU court

A French court on Wednesday referred a case with Google to the European Court of Justice, on whether the search engine must comply with Europe's "right to be forgotten" on a global scale. The French data authority argued that the policy of de-listing incorrect, irrelevant or out-of-date information on people, upon their request, should be done on a global scale and not only in Google's regional search results.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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