Goodness knows precisely what Ovid Eastmond censored Google for. I doubt it is because somebody has posted a story that Ovid Eastmond is a cheater as there are quite a few of those and Google has not censored that information.
However, a Google search for Mr Eastmond might be a good example of the Barbara Streisand Effect.
In a nutshell, Ms Streisand saw a picture of her house on the internet. She decided that this simply would not do and got a lawyer onto the job.
This caused a massive amount of interest in said picture and lots of people saw it.
Before the court action, only a few people knew about her house. After, The Internet knew about it.
Similarly, a search for Ovid Eastmond (it does not have to be specific, say, "Ovid Eastmond cheater") now brings up many links about Mr Eastmond and his rather colourful private life.
Of course, all of this is very interesting, but it does not answer precisely what it is that Ovid Eastmond has censored Google for.
The danger with this sort of censorship is that it has occurred in secret.
Mr Eastmond works with the young people of Oldham. Just what is it that he felt necessary to instruct a lawyer to force Google to censor?
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