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Eugene Volokh

Attempt to Vanish My Article About Attempt to Vanish My Article About Attempt to Vanish Other Articles

I wrote about Hyman v. Daoud, a case that sought the takedown of various online items—including mainstream media articles—in November 2020. I then wrote in 2021 about an attempt to get Google to deindex my article (among others), aimed at causing it to disappear from search results. And four days ago Google got the following takedown request from someone, seeking to deindex my 2020 and 2021 articles, plus various other media articles:

Re: Unknown

NOTICE TYPE: Court Order

Explanation of Court Order

Pursuant to the confidential , court order, which states the following:

FURTHER ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that within ten (10) of being furnished a copy of this Order any internet-related services, internet service provider, host provider and/or search engine shall remove and cause to be removed from any Site (including the web sites themselves and all URLS and links, even if they change) all statements, posts, social media, or videos or documents related to directly or indirectly to this lawsuit, and/or Kelly Hyman, Paul G. Hyman, Jr., Kaylee Hyman and Zachary Hyman and/or any website or posting defamatory, slander, or any statements against Kelly Hyman, Paul G. Hyman, Jr., Kaylee Hyman and Zachary Hyman on the internet, television, radio, print or any other forms of media including, but not limited to the Sites …

TARGETED URLS:

  1. http://conlinpa.com/2016/04/03/hyman-v-daoud/
  2. https://beforeitsnews.com/libertarian/2020/11/an-odd-response-from-one-of-the-lawyers-in-the-kelly-hyman-v-alex-daoud-case-2763652.html
  3. https://reason.com/volokh/2020/11/24/overbroad-injunction-used-to-try-to-vanish-articles-about-daughters-property-lawsuit-against-father/
  4. https://reason.com/volokh/2021/02/19/attempt-to-vanish-my-article-about-attempt-to-vanish-other-articles/
  5. https://therealdeal.com/miami/2014/11/18/judge-former-miami-beach-mayor-can-stay-in-his-home/
  6. https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/notorious-father-faces-eviction-by-daughter/
  7. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2672285/Disgraced-former-Miami-Beach-mayor-court-battle-daughter-million-dollar-home.html
  8. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article3985285.html

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