Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming it’s journalistic

Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by fouc on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:07PM (#16778839)

I think you have a point that "right to be forgotten" could be abused to censor the truth.

But at the same time, perhaps there needs to be a way to de-emphasize older truths? For example if Alice did something 10-20 years ago, should that appear in the first page of the search results? Perhaps it should be ranked lower due to age.

Perhaps search engines could have a memory system similar to humans. Older stuff is gradually forgotten or de-emphasized or turn blurry.

A humane memory system.

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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by dabockster on Friday April 06, 2018 @09:13PM (#16778853)

> Perhaps search engines could have a memory system similar to humans. Older stuff is gradually forgotten or de-emphasized or turn blurry.

I think this is what is in mind in terms of a "right to be forgotten". Not the large things, but the small bullet points from 10+ years ago that, in a sane world, would be completely ludicrous to compare with your current self.

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