'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech, say NGOs

Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by curt15 on Monday September 10, 2018 @11:48AM (#17952623)

>That judgment allowed European citizens to ask search engines to remove links to “inadequate, irrelevant or ... excessive” content

The critical terms "inadequate", "irrelevant" are dangerously subjective. What's irrelevant to one person may be of great interest to another.

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by megous on Monday September 10, 2018 @01:12PM (#17953302)

It is obvious that people have conflictng desires, but so what? What's your conclusion from that?

"Unrestricted" freedom of speech favours just one side.

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by acct1771 on Monday September 10, 2018 @02:33PM (#17953937)

The side speaking.

So, unless one side is deaf... or, in this case, fingers are broken...

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by megous on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:39PM (#17955017)

Your meaning is not clear to me.

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by acct1771 on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @01:07AM (#17957307)

Freedom of Speech favors the speaking side.

So, one must speak!

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