German court orders Google to delete racing exec’s sex video pics

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Max Mosley, the former head of Formula One racing who was caught frolicking in an S&M orgy with five German-speaking prostitutes, has notched another victory in his fight to force Google(s goog) to delete records of the incident.

On Friday, a court in Hamburg reportedly ordered Google to block six pictures from its website and to pay Mosley symbolic damages of 1 euro. Google said it will appeal the decision, as it is doing with a similar one issued by a French court last fall.

The rulings comes as a bellwether for Europe’s concept of a “right to be forgotten,” and have implications for speech and internet freedoms. While people have long been able to seek removal of material from the internet for reasons like defamation or copyright, the French and German decisions are different because they force Google to act like a policeman.

Google’s position is that, while it…

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