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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by petre on Saturday April 07, 2018 @02:07AM (#16779599)
What if someone posts libelous information about Eric and uses SEO to make it show up on page 1 of Google's search results?
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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by ragequitta on Saturday April 07, 2018 @05:01AM (#16779994)
Even more troubling is deep fake technology that's run rampant. Should a serious director never hire Emma Watson again because she's such a prominent porn actress? Of course "we all know" that's fake. But how would we ever know Eric's stuff is fake?
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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by AnthonyMouse on Saturday April 07, 2018 @11:08AM (#16781042)
> But how would we ever know Eric's stuff is fake?

Isn't that a point in the other direction? The existence of convincing fakes will teach people not to believe everything they see on the internet.

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Re:Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming... by khedoros1 on Saturday April 07, 2018 @04:33PM (#16782771)
Depends if in the scenario you're imagining, "libelous" implies false, or just damaging.
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