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"Right to be forgotten" just sounds so ridiculous to me, how did this become a thing? Are people going to want to burn the history books at their local library

"Right to be forgotten" just sounds so ridiculous to me, how did this become a thing? Are people going to want to burn the history books at their local library next because it contains some information they don't like reminding people of?

iamdave 8y ago
Are people going to want to burn the history books at their local library next because it contains some information they don't like reminding people of? Funny (read: sad) that you should mention this https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/15/the-ironic-enduring-legacy-of-banning-to-kill-a-mockingbird-for-racist-language/?utm_term=.e00eda394d23 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/15... I'm not posting this to suggest it's a harbinger of things to come or anything like that, but...the events here are just too ironic to not be the result of us somehow stumbling into an alternate dimension (I'm not above ruling out CERN as a possible culprit)
guelo 8y ago
> how did this become a thing? Google is a foreign corporation to Europeans so it sounds scarier and more sinister to the general public. Politicians take advantage of that to demagogue so they pass harsh laws to show that they are doing something against the scary foreigners.
- d6de964 8y ago
  It's one of the most recognizable tech companies by far (in par with Microsoft and Facebook). If Google doesn't comply with EU's privacy protection laws for Europeans I don't see a reason why it or its parent company can't be fined there. In a way that compensates the EU citizens for all their private information gathered, analyzed and sold.
kodablah 8y ago
> Are people going to want to burn the history books at their local library next because it contains some information they don't like reminding people of? Nope, they want to burn the card catalog. Still wrong of course, but many people think that because people can't be trusted to act reasonably on historical, factual information they see about someone, they should legislate instead. Laws become the answer to everyone's problems, education or accepting the bad with the good in an age of transparency are just not options sadly.
- webbles 8y ago
  "No one wants to live by my worldview... boo hoo"
mxfh 8y ago
Because it is. It's a one-man-show turned into law by EU burocrats in record time, looking for something to slow down american based companies.

iamdave 8y ago

Are people going to want to burn the history books at their local library next because it contains some information they don't like reminding people of? Funny (read: sad) that you should mention this https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/15/the-ironic-enduring-legacy-of-banning-to-kill-a-mockingbird-for-racist-language/?utm_term=.e00eda394d23 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/10/15... I'm not posting this to suggest it's a harbinger of things to come or anything like that, but...the events here are just too ironic to not be the result of us somehow stumbling into an alternate dimension (I'm not above ruling out CERN as a possible culprit)

guelo 8y ago

> how did this become a thing? Google is a foreign corporation to Europeans so it sounds scarier and more sinister to the general public. Politicians take advantage of that to demagogue so they pass harsh laws to show that they are doing something against the scary foreigners.

d6de964 8y ago
It's one of the most recognizable tech companies by far (in par with Microsoft and Facebook). If Google doesn't comply with EU's privacy protection laws for Europeans I don't see a reason why it or its parent company can't be fined there. In a way that compensates the EU citizens for all their private information gathered, analyzed and sold.

kodablah 8y ago

> Are people going to want to burn the history books at their local library next because it contains some information they don't like reminding people of? Nope, they want to burn the card catalog. Still wrong of course, but many people think that because people can't be trusted to act reasonably on historical, factual information they see about someone, they should legislate instead. Laws become the answer to everyone's problems, education or accepting the bad with the good in an age of transparency are just not options sadly.

webbles 8y ago
"No one wants to live by my worldview... boo hoo"

mxfh 8y ago

Because it is. It's a one-man-show turned into law by EU burocrats in record time, looking for something to slow down american based companies.