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A right to one's own expression/speech is a basic human right.
by 7e 2y ago
A right to one's own expression/speech is a basic human right.
- nathan_compton 2y agoIs this true? I don't disagree with the idea, but do you really have the _right_ to delete some previous thing you've said no matter where it is? Seems untenable.
- lupusreal 2y agoThe right to delete your own words after uttering them (and giving some company a license to reproduce them no less) is dubious. I guess it exists in the EU with their "right to be forgotten" and GDPR stuff, but I think not in most of the rest of the world.
- itsdrewmiller 2y agoThere is no basic human right of “takesies backsies” though - that seems more like the relevant question, along with IP ownership.
- lxgr 2y agoDeleting your past speech is not a basic human right, for good reasons: Imagine e.g. the effect on democracy of politicians being able to have all of their past utterances deleted from the public record because they don't feel like it represents their current branding anymore. For private individuals not "of public interest", the situation is a bit different, but e.g. the EU's "right to be forgotten" is arguably not a basic human right, but a relatively new and narrow concept for which there isn't any type of international consensus yet.
- fsckboy 2y agoI have a right for you to forget that it was me who signed that contract with you!