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Could? By its very nature the soi-disant 'right' to be forgotten does threaten free speech, since governments use it to silence people telling truthful informa
by zeveb 8y ago
Could? By its very nature the soi-disant 'right' to be forgotten does threaten free speech, since governments use it to silence people telling truthful information.
This isn't about libel: it's about criminals and wrongdoers wanting the Internet to be wiped clean of evidence of their crimes or wrongdoing.
- mattmanser 8y agoThat's sort of the point of rehabilitation, and the end of a prison sentence being the end of society's punishment. If you have a legitimate reason to find out a criminal past you can request a criminal background check. And that's not even including all the other legitimate reasons, like any one who did something stupid as a teenager, has a vicious stalker, did something embarrassing once, has changed their views, has changed themselves, etc. People change. Computers can't comprehend that.