When people have the opportunity to erase personal information online, they often want to wipe out social media posts.<br />That's the big takeaway from new data released by Google on which search results about themselves European internet users were able to hide under the "right to be forgotten" policy.<br />The top site targeted was Facebook, followed by Profile Engine, a social account searching service.<br />Google's own social platforms, including Google Groups, YouTube and Google Plus, also make the top 10 - as do Twitter and a social-dating network called Badoo.<br />Combined, the top 10 sites account for nine per cent of all removal requests, according to Google.<br />This makes sense because social networks are the places where the average person is most likely to see information about themselves posted online.
