'Right to be forgotten' claimant wants to rewrite history, says Google

Man wants results that mention his criminal conviction removed in first case of its kind in England

A businessman who has launched a legal bid to remove some search results about his criminal conviction in the first "right to be forgotten" case in the English courts should not be allowed to rewrite history, lawyers for Google have said.

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