Russian lawmakers are watering down a draft law on their version of the “right to be forgotten,” in a rare thaw in relations between the Kremlin and local Internet groups.

Lawmakers earlier this month gave preliminary approval to a draft bill that would have allowed people to say what information they wanted deleted from search results without even specifying hyperlinks — giving their right a far greater reach than their European counterparts.

The draft sparked criticism from search engines, opposition politicians and some ordinary Russians, who said it was too draconian, restrictive and sweeping.

Some of the opponents of the bill, like Dmitry Gudkov, the only lawmaker who voted against the bill during the first reading where it passed by a vote of 423 to 1, created a website encouraging Russians to petition lawmakers to amend the bill.

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Browsing Privacy: (Wall Street Journal) – Russia Relaxes Its Right to be Forgotten

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