Google has received nearly 350,000 URL removal requests so far

This Oct. 20, 2015 photo shows signage outside Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
In May 2014, Google complied with the EU's ruling that enabled citizens to request certain URLs to be removed from search results.

A year and a half later, in its bi-annual Transparency Report, Google has announced it received 348,085 such requests, the bulk of them coming from France and Germany, followed by the UK, Spain and Italy.

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The total number of URLs Google has evaluated for removal is 1,234,092. Google does not give exact numbers on how many of those it actually removed, but it says that 42% of the URLs that have been "fully processed" have been removed.

Google also listed the top ten sites that were most impacted by these requests (accounting for 9% of the total number of sites), with social networks leading the fray. Facebook is number one and Google Groups, YouTube, Google+ and Twitter are also on the list.

On a per-country basis, Google has received 73,399 requests for URL removal from France, 60,198 from Germany, 43,101 from the UK, 33,106 from Spain and 26,186 from Italy. You can see the figures for all other EU countries here.

Finally, Google also provided a number of examples of requests it has been receiving. One request from Great Britain, which was denied, was from a media professional, who had asked Google to remove four links to articles reporting on "embarrassing content" he posted online. Another request, which was granted, was from an individual who wanted Google to remove a link to an article on a contest in which he participated as a minor.
Source:Mashable tech