Forget me not: Google v France
① The EU has been making life hard for technology companies for years.
② Today it could get harder still.
③ The advocate-general of the European Court of Justice will publish comments on a case that pits Google against CNIL, France's data-protection regulator.
④ At issue is the geographical scope of the "right to be forgotten", which the ECJ ruled in 2014 applied to search engines.
⑤ It allows individuals to request the removal of personal information in some circumstances.
⑥ Google argues it should remove links only from its European websites (such as Google.fr).
⑦ Given that such geographic restrictions are easily bypassed, the CNIL counters that the delisting must be global if the regulation is to have meaning.
⑧ If Google loses, rules passed by the EU would have to be applied across the world.
⑨ The ECJ's judgment is not due until later in the year.
⑩ The court is not required to follow the advocate-general's advice.
⑪ But it usually does.
forget-me-not: 勿忘我 (花名)
make life hard: 使生活困难；让日子变得不好过
advocate /ˈædvəkət, ˈædvəkɪt, ˈædvəkeɪt/: n. 提倡者；拥护者；辩护律师 vt. 拥护；提倡
advocate-general: (欧洲法院的) 佐审官
European Court of Justice: 欧洲法院 (欧盟的仲裁机构，负责审理和裁决在执行欧盟条约和有关规定中发生的各种争执)
pit A against B: 使得 A 和 B 竞争或发生冲突
CNIL: 法国国家自由和信息委员会
regulator /ˈreɡjəleɪtə(r)/: n. 监管机构
at issue: (所讨论问题中) 最重要的；关键的
geographical /ˌdʒiːəˈɡræfɪkəl/: adj. 地理的
rule /ruːl/: vt. 裁定；统治
removal /rɪˈmuːvəl/: n. 消除
circumstance /ˈsɜːkəmstæns/: n. 环境；情况
restriction /rɪˈstrɪkʃən/: n. 限制
▍词汇拓展
1. pit A against B: 使得 A 和 B 竞争或发生冲突
Sometimes different political views might pit friends against friends.
有时不同的政治观点，会让朋友之间反目成仇。
Climbers pit themselves against the mountain.
登山者与山峰一较高下。
2. circumstance: n. 环境；情况
· in/under some circumstances: 在某些情况下
3. bypass: vt. 绕开；越过 (越级)
He bypassed the committee and went straight to senior management.
他越过委员会，直接找高级管理层。
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