European Union law does not preclude the Facebook digital platform from being forced to search for and remove, at a global level, information identical to other information recognised as unlawful by a court and invading privacy, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar stated in his Opinion delivered on Tuesday 4 June (Case C-18/18).
Similarly, the digital giant could be forced to identify and remove information equivalent to what is considered illegal, but only among information disseminated by the...