>I am sending you the below email on behalf of [redacted], in order to provide clarifications
related to the sanctions, following up on questions received.
(...)
>Search engines such as Google are designed to index results containing any possible content;
they index websites throughout the world; the information is indexed by their ‘web crawlers’ or
robots, that is to say, computer programmes used to locate and sweep up the content of web
pages methodically and automatically (see by analogy judgment of the ECJ in Google Spain,
C‑131/12, para. 43). The activity of search engines plays a decisive role in the overall
dissemination of content in that it renders the latter accessible to any internet user making a
search on the basis of the content indication or related terms, including to internet users who
otherwise would not have found the web page on which that content is published (see by analogy
judgment of the ECJ in Google Spain, C‑131/12, para. 36). Consequently, if search engines such
as Google did not delist RT and Sputnik, they would facilitate the public’s access to the content
of RT and Sputnik, or contribute to such access.
>It follows from the foregoing that by virtue of the Regulation, providers of Internet search
services must make sure that i) any link to the Internet sites of RT and Sputnik and ii) any
content of RT and Sputnik, including short textual descriptions, visual elements and links to the
corresponding websites do not appear in the search results delivered to users located in the EU.
Social media
https://www.lumendatabase.org/notices/26927483#
>From: <@ec.europa.eu>
>Date: Fri, Mar 4, 2022, 6:57 PM
>Subject: Ukraine
>Dear Signatories,
>I am sending you the below email on behalf of [redacted], in order to provide clarifications related to the sanctions, following up on questions received.
(...)
>Search engines such as Google are designed to index results containing any possible content; they index websites throughout the world; the information is indexed by their ‘web crawlers’ or robots, that is to say, computer programmes used to locate and sweep up the content of web pages methodically and automatically (see by analogy judgment of the ECJ in Google Spain, C‑131/12, para. 43). The activity of search engines plays a decisive role in the overall dissemination of content in that it renders the latter accessible to any internet user making a search on the basis of the content indication or related terms, including to internet users who otherwise would not have found the web page on which that content is published (see by analogy judgment of the ECJ in Google Spain, C‑131/12, para. 36). Consequently, if search engines such as Google did not delist RT and Sputnik, they would facilitate the public’s access to the content of RT and Sputnik, or contribute to such access.
>It follows from the foregoing that by virtue of the Regulation, providers of Internet search services must make sure that i) any link to the Internet sites of RT and Sputnik and ii) any content of RT and Sputnik, including short textual descriptions, visual elements and links to the corresponding websites do not appear in the search results delivered to users located in the EU. Social media