BBC asks Google to âforget the 1970sâ
Bosses at the BBC have instructed the tech team at Google to âcompletely forget everything that happened in the 1970sâ, after the Internet search giant launched a service to allow Europeans to ask for information and personal data to be removed from online search results. âAs you can imagine, removing a decadeâs worth of data is quite a taskâ, said Google search analyst, Mike Simmons. âWeâre still removing information for them as we speak. As of now, any searches with the keywords âJimmy Savileâ will redirect users to results relating to ex-footballer Robbie Savage. Iâm not sure what Robbie will make of that, but itâs already been done nowâ. The European Union court ruling will now ensure that links to âirrelevant and outdated dataâ will be erased on request, as to protect the privacy of individuals and certain companies. âThe 1970s was ages ago, so that confirms that itâs outdated, plus the whole decade was completely irrelevant and nothing interesting happened whatsoeverâ, insisted BBC director-general, Tony Hall. âThe music was rubbish, hairstyles were crap and politics were badâ. When asked if the request to Google was to cover-up the wrongdoings of BBC employees from that era, Hall replied: âWhat BBC employees from that era? There werenât any. Try Googling it if you donât believe me, smart arseâ. âI for one think itâs a wonderful idea. Everybody should have the right to be completely forgotten online; itâs a basic human rightâ, said Mr. Harris, a retired Australian immigrant living in Berkshire.