Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming...
by thegeomaster on Friday April 06, 2018 @03:41PM
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>But I think it would be an overall net negative for abuse in hiding truly relevant information.
You say that, but according to some reports, only 5% of requests to Google to remove personal information from search results comes from high-profile figures (politicians and the like), the rest is just ordinary people [1]. I know that there is a huge selection bias going on here, but I'm not sure you can discount the data point just based off of that.
[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jul/14/google-ac...
Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming...
by jbigelow76 on Friday April 06, 2018 @04:58PM
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I don't know if the volume of requests is as important as the nature of the request. If part of the 5%, let's say it's high profile person due to running a large ponzi scheme that defrauded people out of millions of dollars, that may be only one request but it is info that most definitely should be easily surfaced.
No we should not, the law seems well intentioned, some kid may not have to worry about an embarrassing photo from university days following him/her around into their adult life, etc. But I think it would be an overall net negative for abuse in hiding truly relevant information.