NPR needs to be more concise. Their informative articles such as this one are written as if the writer is trying to get an A in creative writing 101. Knock off the color and give us the scoop in 2-3 paragraphs.

I totally agree with switching to DDG and ceasing all Google activity.

However, this is fear-mongering, slippery-slope-fallacy-ridden sensationalism. They targeted a specific name. The judge isn't going much further than that.

I get it - the police are potentially violating innocent peoples' privacy.

But for some reason, what this judge did doesn't overly bother this Google-hater / privacy defender. Maybe it's because the article is written for the National Inquirer.