  Not only are SECs now required to comply with requests (from European citizens living in EU countries) to de-index and remove links to personal data that is deemed to be “irrelevant,” they currently face a somewhat similar challenge with respect to what to do about indexing and providing links to false and/or misleading information included in online forums. This is especially apparent in the case of Fake News (FN). What is FN, and why is it a challenge for SECs? Although there is no single, universally agreed upon definition of FN, it is generally understood to mean “fabricated news,” “false news stories,” and so forth. According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, FN is defined as “false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or other media, usually created to influence political views” (see the link in Other Internet Resources).  The prevalence of FN in online forums, and especially on social media sites and blogs, raises questions about whether SECs are complicit in furthering the dissemination of this false information.