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No hacks, no fake reports, no technical tricks. Every removal goes through a documented legal channel — which is why it sticks.
GDPR Art. 17Right to erasure
People in the EU/EEA (and the UK, under UK GDPR) can require organisations — search engines included — to erase personal data that is inaccurate, outdated, unlawfully processed or no longer necessary, balanced against freedom of expression.
Regulation (EU) 2016/679, Art. 17 ↗DMCA §512Copyright notice-and-takedown
US hosts and platforms keep their safe harbour only if they expeditiously remove material identified in a valid notice from the copyright owner or an authorised agent.
17 U.S.C. §512(c) ↗DSA Art. 16EU notice-and-action
Hosting services operating in the EU must offer a way to report illegal content, process each notice diligently and explain their decision — including when they refuse.
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, Art. 16 ↗Platform policyCommunity Guidelines & Terms
Every major platform prohibits harassment, impersonation, privacy violations, non-consensual imagery and fake engagement — and runs formal legal and privacy request channels beyond the public report button.
In the glossary →Google removal policiesSearch removal requests
Google removes certain results from Search on request: doxxing content and personal contact details, non-consensual intimate imagery, results from sites with exploitative removal practices, and content subject to valid legal requests.
Google Search Help — removal policies ↗TAKE IT DOWN ActUS NCII removal duty
US federal law (2025): covered platforms must remove non-consensual intimate images — including AI-generated ones — within 48 hours of a valid request. FTC enforcement began in May 2026.
S.146, 119th Congress — signed 19 May 2025 ↗