Daphne Keller (Stanford Center for Internet and Society) graciously let me pass along this post of hers from Wednesday:

The Canadian Supreme Court this morning issued its long-awaited ruling in Equustek. The court upheld an order compelling Google to remove search results for specified websites, not just in Canada, but everywhere in the world.

The case was closely watched in part because of the message that it sends to other courts and governments, which are increasingly asserting their own appetites for global enforcement of national laws. In particular, the ruling may have ramifications for France’s pending case about the “Right to Be Forgotten.” In that case (which I’ve heard is finally moving forward after a spell in procedural limbo), French privacy authorities want Google to de-list results throughout the world on the basis of French laws — laws that would be unconstitutional in some other countries.