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Do you want things that children do to follow them for the rest of their lives?
by jschwartzi 6y ago
Do you want things that children do to follow them for the rest of their lives?
- chrisseaton 6y agoI don't know what culture you come from, but in the US and UK and similarly influenced cultures justice being seen to be done and recorded is a pretty important principle and mechanism against overreach of the state.
- dadrock 6y agoI agree. But it's worth noting that the UK has recently enacted the Right to be Forgotten Law, which plays into this discussion.
- ghaff 6y agoOf course, once data is replicated and distributed around, it's very hard to put the genie back into the bottle.
- lazyasciiart 6y agoThere are significant limits to that, such as juvenile courts.
- tshaddox 6y agoWell, no. Are there names of minors in this database? I thought the US had a mechanism to prevent that, or at least to petition to have records of minors removed or anonymized.
- lazyasciiart 6y agoYes. The mechanisms are shit. Many of these cases are juvenile cases with a note saying the case is sealed, along with full details of the charge, name, and outcome. Edit: wow, plus family court stuff like a four year custody dispute, kids being adopted, etc
- vmception 6y ago"The US" has 39,044 distinct local governments and municipalities and they all do their procedural nuances differently and to varying efficacy and different points in time! :D
- matz1 6y agoThe following itself is not the issue right?