Since the comments are talking about Right to be Forgotten, there was a recent RadioLab podcast on that very subject: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab

Since the comments are talking about Right to be Forgotten, there was a recent RadioLab podcast on that very subject: https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-right-be-forgotten https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/radiolab-right-be-forgotte... Worth a listen; the focus is mainly on Cleveland'com's right to be forgotten experiment, where they are redacting or deleting old content when requested on a case-by-case basis. Regardless of how you feel about right to be forgotten, the episode makes a number of points both for and against that are worth hearing. I'm personally undecided on the issue, but I did come away from that podcast with one very strong opinion: I hope we as a society make a decision, either way, and codify it into law (much as the EU has done). Without those laws, we're forming kangaroo courts where small groups of biased individuals get to decide _who_ has the right to be forgotten. Yikes. I would also add the addendum, specifically for the HN audience who more often than most understand the concept that the "internet forgets nothing." Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. If we do believe the right to be forgotten is an overall good thing, let's do it, even if the system won't wipe out _all_ instances of a piece of information. There's a tangible difference between something being the first Google result versus being on the second page.