Wow, I wonder if the EU has hired censors from China. How does this work - if the EU wants information to be scrubbed from the Internet globally then on what basis can Google say no to the same demand from China, the US, Russia, Thailand, Iran and so on. Also I haven't seen a lot of information about the EU trying to impose these rules on other companies. Technically the rules apply to other companies but has it been applied in the real world (have the others been getting the same requests as Google or just a fraction)?

Finally, I think it's pathetic that some dude who lives in Germany would try and lay the blame for this at the feet of the US judicial system. Grow a pair and take responsibility for your own nations actions.