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That to me reads like a future where the right to be forgotten is finally restored. Anyone can then claim fake news about anything that wasnt enumerated on the

That to me reads like a future where the right to be forgotten is finally restored. Anyone can then claim fake news about anything that wasnt enumerated on their resume.

joe_the_user 5y ago
An unlimited "right to be forgotten" would serve criminals, conmen and crocked politicians perfect.
- champagnois 5y ago
  Almost everything a teenager does is cringey and awkward. People are all imperfect creatures that learn from their mistakes through feedback loops. The digital age is scarey in that it tends to preserve the past in a way that allows a mistake from five years ago seem like it happened just today. For example, Mel Gibson. Two damaging recordings got leaked of him a decade or more ago and those cringe moments of his life will be preserved forever. It wasn't like that before and this is not a cool feature of the modern age.
  - joe_the_user 5y ago
    For example, Mel Gibson. Two damaging recordings got leaked of him a decade or more ago and those cringe moments of his life will be preserved forever. Mel Gibson is right-wing antisemite involved in a dubious cult. It's hardly surprising a concrete record of this appeared at one point[1]. You're not selling the idea that the "right to be forgotten" is for people who made just one slip-up. But there are certainly ways the right to be forgotten is reasonable - not for stars but for average people. My only point was it probably shouldn't be unlimited. That seems to strike a nerve but apparently among defenders of those who want long records of bad behavior concealed. [1] Headline: "Absolutely every anti-Semitic thing Mel Gibson has ever said" (probably incomplete but a long list) https://forward.com/culture/449521/mel-gibson-anti-semitism-timeline-winona-ryder/ https://forward.com/culture/449521/mel-gibson-anti-semitism-...
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That to me reads like a future where the right to be forgotten is finally restored. Anyone can then claim fake news about anything that wasnt enumerated on their resume.

joe_the_user 5y ago

An unlimited "right to be forgotten" would serve criminals, conmen and crocked politicians perfect.

champagnois 5y ago
Almost everything a teenager does is cringey and awkward. People are all imperfect creatures that learn from their mistakes through feedback loops. The digital age is scarey in that it tends to preserve the past in a way that allows a mistake from five years ago seem like it happened just today. For example, Mel Gibson. Two damaging recordings got leaked of him a decade or more ago and those cringe moments of his life will be preserved forever. It wasn't like that before and this is not a cool feature of the modern age.
- joe_the_user 5y ago
  For example, Mel Gibson. Two damaging recordings got leaked of him a decade or more ago and those cringe moments of his life will be preserved forever. Mel Gibson is right-wing antisemite involved in a dubious cult. It's hardly surprising a concrete record of this appeared at one point[1]. You're not selling the idea that the "right to be forgotten" is for people who made just one slip-up. But there are certainly ways the right to be forgotten is reasonable - not for stars but for average people. My only point was it probably shouldn't be unlimited. That seems to strike a nerve but apparently among defenders of those who want long records of bad behavior concealed. [1] Headline: "Absolutely every anti-Semitic thing Mel Gibson has ever said" (probably incomplete but a long list) https://forward.com/culture/449521/mel-gibson-anti-semitism-timeline-winona-ryder/ https://forward.com/culture/449521/mel-gibson-anti-semitism-...

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