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Forgotten by whom? Who judges what is "forgotten" and when? How is it enforced? The specifics here matter a great deal, the versions so far are regularly abuse
by freshhawk 9y ago
Forgotten by whom? Who judges what is "forgotten" and when? How is it enforced?
The specifics here matter a great deal, the versions so far are regularly abused by the wealthy and don't apply to any of the data warehouses that the powerful and well connected have access to.
Where did this "right" come from? What's the legal and ethical basis for it? It is analogous to censorship or book burning at the basic level, destroying information to hide it from the public. It requires a consistent and strong justification as well as justified limited scope because of that, and it better be obviously beneficial to society even accounting for the inevitable misuse by those in power.
- beejiu 9y agoThere is a legal basis in the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten
- merb 9y agoand the legal basis is pretty fluffy: - http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/bgh-grundsatzurteil-namen-der-sedlmayr-moerder-bleiben-online-1.144087 http://www.sueddeutsche.de/digital/bgh-grundsatzurteil-namen... - http://www.focus.de/digital/internet/bgh-urteil-keine-staendige-kontrolle-von-online-archiven_aid_463464.html http://www.focus.de/digital/internet/bgh-urteil-keine-staend... it's german, but basically it says: "This is not a blank check".