This latest paper in the Special Collection of Case on Freedom of Expression series shows how judges around the globe are dealing with the challenges posed to the social processes of memory and forgetting on the Internet, by the easy availability of information in perpetuity that was unknown in the previous non-digital era. The report highlights the constitutional challenges of these new rights-claims from the standpoint of freedom of expression, the new grounds that rights-claimants have sought to open and the basis found by judges around the world to dismiss or to accept the petitions based on the so-called right to be forgotten. The paper explores a broad range of court decisions to illustrate the jurisdictional complexities of de-indexing and its transnational impact, as well as courts’ legal reasoning when balancing freedom of expression with privacy, intermediary liability, reputation and the special duties of public figures.