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Re:Italian Supreme Court: News "expires", online archives wo... by aaron695 on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @12:40PM (#12549845)
People make mistakes.

We have never had the chance to genetically deal with or lived in societies where people don't forget.

And worse, now can in seconds find about your worst. Do you think in 50 years of life you won't make a mistake (Then 30+ years of people knowing about it)

Your small business can be your entire life.

We might not be currently solving this issue properly. But it is still an issue we are going to have to deal with.

Re:Italian Supreme Court: News "expires", online archives wo... by ggreer on Wednesday September 21, 2016 @01:36PM (#12550413)
Complete freedom of communication harms some individuals, but the harms of "right to be forgotten" laws are far greater. No matter how they're tweaked, they must by their very nature punish people for:

1. …conveying public information…

2. …that is true…

3. …to someone who requested it.

Any law of that sort is inimical to free expression and ripe for abuse.