With internet making records virtually, the Right To Be Forgotten is an endeavor through which the company will accept requests to delete information regarding individual or organization; however, Google has recently refused to accept the French order to apply this right globally. 

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According to ZDNet, Google Inc. has refused to abide the French Ruling that is asking to delete records globally, each time an individual evokes the right to be forgotten. The company is clarifying its stand saying that the European ruling of Right To Be Forgotten can't be applied globally. However, by doing so, Google seems to be inviting trouble and is most likely to be fined for its disobedience. The matter was highlighted when CINIL, the data protection authority in France, asked Google to delete all search appearing under one person's name. 

CINIL made this order on the basis of the European court ruling as per which, Google will have to delete irrelevant and outdated information when it receives a request from the individual or organization. Since the ruling, Google has received millions of requests and even cleared many of them. But it is refusing to abide by the order that asks it to remove the name from the global list, arguing that the search is already being routed through the local versions. 

On its part, Google took the argument to its official blog as well when the American company said that no country could be given the authority of what should be viewed by users in the other country. Meanwhile, a spokeswoman of CINIL said that they had heard Google's clarifications and believe that the company's statements are slightly political in nature.

Another report on The New York Times said that Google claims that bowing to such requests by one government would make it susceptible to submission to others as well. This in turn would end up destroying the freedom of internet as the world knows it. 

Google has issued an official statement that asks CINIL to withdraw its order in lieu of the threat to the freedom of internet.  

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