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

Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by saghm on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:17PM (#17954836)

Sorry if this is an ignorant question, but "NGOs" just means "non-governmental organizations"; would it be accurate refer to any arbitrary group of companies (that are unaffiliated with any government) as "NGOs"? While the article does specify that it is a "British-led alliance of NGOs", it seems to me like one could call a group consisting of Google, Facebook, and other similar companies as "NGOs"; what's to say that these NGOs aren't just companies that profit off of the lack of a "right to be forgotten"?

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by badrabbit on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:22PM (#17954879)

NGOs are typically aid companies like oxfam or the redcross. They're not always humanitarian but they're typically western orgs working in non-western countries for some cause.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by detaro on Monday September 10, 2018 @04:21PM (#17954871)

The term isn't 100 % clearly defined, but generally only refers to non-profits and similar entities, not traditional companies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-governmental_organization

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Re:'Right to be forgotten' could threaten global free speech... by saghm on Monday September 10, 2018 @11:16PM (#17956929)

Ah, thanks! I guess I should have googled instead of just relying on my knowledge of the definitions of the individual words

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