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Can you elaborate?
by JonnyNova 8y ago
Can you elaborate?
- jayd16 8y agoI would say that in the US we mostly consider right to free speech more important than the right to be forgotten.
- lallysingh 8y agoA judge heard the case for two individuals. That's a pretty fair way to do it. Americans also believe in the rule of law, versus the rule of the powerful.
- jayd16 8y agoThe reason we have the freedom of speech in the US is because its the powerful that abuse the ability to censor.
- lallysingh 8y agoWhich powerful entity do you mean? The people who want things unlisted, or Google?
- dingo_bat 8y agoThe government.
- lallysingh 8y agoI don't understand your point. I read this as similar to libel or truth in advertising laws.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoKeep in mind the idea of libel and slander exists in the US. I’d see this court decision as an extension of those ideas (materially true information that can be deindexed by the subject).
- jayd16 8y agoI don't think anyone has an issue with libel and slander laws. Those are about known false information. Censoring an inconvenient truth seems wrong to me. The whole point of freedom of speech is because someone didn't like the speech.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoThe best part of law and society is that we get to collectively decide if freedom of speech should be absolute. In this case, the judicial branch says no.
- superkuh 8y agoYep. A society with true freedom lets those like this unnamed person and yourself who want to curtail and destroy it speak anyway. Freedom is never a static thing and the fight against censors is constant. It's sad to see this battle lost but I hope for Europe's sake they figure out it was the wrong move after this becomes abused by the rich and powerful.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoTrue freedom does not exist. It always has been, and always will be, a compromise between participants in society.
- JonnyNova 8y agoI think that the Google is stepping into the realm of government because they might feel that government services are lacking in this realm. These records and controls for what remains available would be better served in a government setting than a private corporation one.
- ocdtrekkie 8y agoMuch of Right To Be Forgotten exists because of false information: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/03/598239092/the-man-who-spent-100k-to-remove-a-lie-from-google https://www.npr.org/2018/04/03/598239092/the-man-who-spent-1... Google would not be removing false results without RTBF or someone being able to afford a very expensive lawyer. RTBF means anyone can actually have a chance at getting false information removed.