Google Block?

A recent story involving Max Mosley, the former president of the International Automobile Federation, has come out stating that a lawsuit was filed against Google in order to force them to filter images of him from a 2008 British Newspaper that included both photo and video-graphic images of him participating in a sadomasochistic sex party.  His argument was that it was a breach of privacy and he proceeded with successfully suing the News of the World in a London court for $96,000 in damages.  On Wednesday November 6th, the Tibunal de Grande Instance in Paris backed Mosely on his attempts to have Google block the images from worldwide searches, but said that it would appeal its decision.  Mosley's argument is that French Law makes it illegal to take and distribute images of a person who is in a private area without their consent.  Google's argument is that it would limit freedom of speech, forcing the company to block search results without the overseeing from a court.   Analysts said the ruling against Google could lead to the restriction of what can be accessed online through search as more people would demand that their private activities be taken off of search.

In my opinion the ruling should go in favor of Mosely just due to the fact that as individuals are privacy has to be respected.  In the world that we live in now, it is all too easy to access someone's information and get into their private lives and at some point we as people have to have protection against our own privacy rights.  While some people, like myself, don't mind having sharing some of their personal life with others, there are a large portion of individuals who like to keep everything very private.  The fact that Google can just distribute these images is kind of disturbing just for the fact that any little picture that is out there can seemingly be accessed and many times we like to have photo privacy just as a peace of mind.  Now don't get me wrong, I can see things from Google's end as well being that many times it is not them who is responsible for dispursing the video but it is the users of the internet and those with access to the incriminating photos and video that are posting it.  Google is almost just the medium through which people can find the content.  It's almost like a person who has Comcast as their ISP and they stream disturbing footage and then Comcast is sued.  They merely provided internet access but did not themselves post the footage.  It's a steep slope to be on, but at the end of the day I believe Google should do their best to remove the items and work in the future to prevent such things that they can.

New York Times Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/business/international/google-is-ordered-to-block-images-in-privacy-case.html?_r=0#h[AstAst,AtpAtp,TrrTrr]

Video of News Report 
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/google-told-to-block-max-mosley-orgy-pictures-20131107-2x25w.html