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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by ocdtrekkie on Friday April 06, 2018 @06:12PM (#16777944)
The issue is that Google claims to be a "journalist" when it thinks it prevents them from having to do what they don't want to do (delist things), and then claims to be "just a platform" when it thinks it prevents them from having to do what they don't want to do (take responsibility for content on their platforms).

Google wants it both ways, in whichever way is momentarily convenient. Almost everyone's comments on Right To Be Forgotten in this thread miss that key issue.

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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by kelnos on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @08:50AM (#16800941)
I don't really see a problem with that concept in a general sense. Google should absolutely use the law to its advantage wherever it can. We as citizens (who presumably are able to influence our elected representatives) need to close loopholes in those laws when Google uses them to do things we don't like.
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