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The big story
When is an article past its sell by date? According to a ruling by the Italian courts earlier this summer forcing a news website to remove a news story the answer is two years.
The decision, supported by the country’s supreme court, means that there is not just a “right to be forgotten” by Google and other search engines, but also by newspaper websites.
The ruling is unlikely to make its way here any time soon as its messy mixing of the right to be forgotten with data protection would come up against protections for journalists enshrined in UK law. But as an example of mission creep for an already controversial curtailment on free expression, it’ll be of concern to many.
Best of the rest
The Daily Telegraph tops a list of upheld complaints to Ipso, reports press Gazette
A BBC journalist has won £50,000 at an employment tribunal after he was sacked for not prioritising Prince George’s birth on a Sri Lankan World Service broadcast, says Broadcast
Google is being pursued for millions of allegedly unpaid back taxes by the Indonesian authorities, according to the FT (£)
And finally...
It’s difficult to tell whether Jeremy Corbyn passed Mumsnet’s now traditional favourite biscuit question with the answer he was “anti-sugar” but “it’s always a pleasure to have a shortbread”.
Jeremy Corbyn: "It's always a pleasure to have a shortbread." pic.twitter.com/jEE7U5iYK4
— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) September 19, 2016
For comparison, here’s the Telegraph’s roundup of previous answers compiled last month.
