The BBC has published a list of links that has been removed from Google searches under the "right to be forgotten" ruling.
The organisation is the first to reveal what links had been removed under the ruling from the European court.
David Jordan, head of editorial policy, said: "It’s impossible to have a meaningful debate if you’ve not got an idea about what’s being de-listed."
It was ruled last year that search engine links to "irrelevant" and outdated dated about a person should be erased on request.
While it does not mean that the story is removed off the internet, or off the search engine entirely, it does mean that the specific link will not appear when you search for that person’s name.
Google opted to keep media organisations in the loop when a link was removed from search results, giving organisations such as the BBC the ability to have an oversight of pieces that had been removed and potentially appeal.
The BBC’s Neil McIntosh, Managing Editor, published the list in a blog post, saying: "We are doing this primarily as a contribution to public policy. We think it is important that those with an interest in the "right to be forgotten" can ascertain which articles have been affected by the ruling.
"We hope it will contribute to the debate about this issue. We also think the integrity of the BBC’s online archive is important and, although the pages concerned remain published on BBC Online, removal from Google searches makes parts of that archive harder to find."
