Google receives 12,000 requests to âforgetâ Katie Hopkins
Google has announced that since it opened up requests to allow people to be âforgottenâ by the search engine, 12,000 requests have asked them to forget professional television harridan Katie Hopkins. The âforget meâ form from Google is designed to help unfortunate incidents leave the public consciousness forever, with thousands asking for help in forgetting Katie Hopkins ever existed. Google user Charlotte Williams told us, âI do like the idea of Google having no idea who that womanÂ is any more, but if they could go a bit further and create some sort of âbrain soapâ to flush her existence from my mind, then thatâd be great too.â âSince I have learned who Katie HopkinsÂ is, my life is immeasurably worse. I find myself hearing her opinions at the most inopportune moments, which invariably leaves me horrified.â âIâm sure Google has lots of other priorities, but imagine how much better the world would be â overnight â if nobody knew who Katie Hopkins is, or was?â Google has reacted to the thousands of âforget herâ requests by saying that technically they only remove people who themselves ask to be removed. A spokesperson for the search giant explained, âIâm afraid that this process is designed for people to ask for themselves to be forgotten, but Ms Hopkins keeps sending us emails asking âDo you know who I am?â, and âMake sure you definitely know who I amâ.â âThat said, someone sentÂ us a YouTube clip of a performance of hers on Good Morning, and Iâve got to be honest, Iâm tempted to sneak this one through.â