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"The Committee of Ministers therefore, under the terms of Article 15.b of the Statute of the Council of Europe, recommends that member States, in consultation with private sector actors and civil society, develop and promote coherent strategies to protect freedom of expression, access to information and other human rights and fundamental freedoms in relation to search engines in line with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (...), in particular by engaging with search engine providers to carry out the following actions: – enhance transparency regarding the way in which access to information is provided, in order to ensure access to, and pluralism and diversity of, information and services, in particular the criteria according to which search results are selected, ranked or removed."

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CoE (Committee of Ministers): Recommendation Rec(2012)3 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Protection of Human Rights with Regard to Search Engines, para. 7

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Recommendation Rec(2012)3 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the Protection of Human Rights with Regard to Search Engines

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Internet intermediaries should ensure transparency and easy access to their policies and practices regarding online content management, strategic dissemination, and automated processing.