Google upset at "Right to be forgotten"

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kowenicki said:

Kasz216 said:

kowenicki said:

 

The OJ Simpson thing falls under public interest.   CLEARLY it is also public record and in the public domain as seen in newspapers, tv shows and court records. 

You making an ass of yourself on some college based website with a stupid comment or lewd phtograph isn't public interest or public record.  Dont you think you should have the right to remove that?

The difference is very obvious and very stark.

I'd disagree on that.

It's public... for one.

Secondly, what if said person becomes a poltician, isn't public interest to know if he said something racist before?  Or something that suggests he has more radical views then he lets on?

Then we disagree,  which is fine.

All websites should have to facilitate any user requests for removal of all of their interactions and personal data.  There is no excuse for that not being law imo.

 

This isn't targetting the websites though, it's targeting the search engines.

It's a stupid law that's been decided with little thought as to the wider implications on censorship or how effective it'd actually be in protecting an individuals privacy.

If you remove something from google, another search engine may still pick up the offending article. Alternatively, people may come across the article via normal browsing on that particular site. If you have an issue with something then you need to take it up with the actual website where they can either retract or update the article. Not a search engine which simply finds the information.

That's ignoring the issues of censorship and material that's in the public interest (remember that this case was actually something that was printed in the public news and was in the public domain).