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Under this "right to be forgotten" If I were a politician, would I be able to get all the articles and blog posts about my embezzlement/swindling/corruption/wha
by hamiltonkibbe 12y ago
Under this "right to be forgotten" If I were a politician, would I be able to get all the articles and blog posts about my embezzlement/swindling/corruption/what-have-you conviction removed from major search engines before an election?
- wmf 12y agoNo, because it doesn't apply to politicians. Also, you can't use RtbF to remove all your slippery-slope arguments from the Internet either.
- batmansbelt 12y agoIs there a link to this non-politician clause? Are all public figures covered? Only the unwashed masses should have a right to privacy.
- throwaway7767 12y agoI'm not german, so I can't easily find a link in german law for you, but in general privacy law in most of europe provides substantially weaker protections for "public persons", which includes politicians and celebrities.
- hamiltonkibbe 12y agoIt was a serious question. I'm not affected by rtbf --as I live in the United States-- and therefore haven't looked into all the intricacies of the law. Perhaps I could have asked about the limitations of RTBF in a more straightforward manner. All the reporting I've heard on it over here is broad, you know the kind of reporting where they tell you what a search engine is..., and doesn't cover specifics. I figured someone here could provide a little more insight. How does RTBF apply to straw-man arguments, future politicians, and Dogpile.com? </s>
- Houshalter 12y agoThat's a fairly arbitrary and unsatisfying exception.