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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by bduerst on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @03:43PM (#20463237)
The right to be forgotten is a bigger censorship blow against democracy than outright banning individual websites. Politicans can selectively remove results about themselves so that constituents can never find them in search, while giving the appearance that nothing is wrong because other articles show in results.
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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by jjeaff on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @11:21PM (#20466398)
Right to be forgotten does not apply to public figures.

https://www.alphr.com/computing/1000120/public-figures-cant-...

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Re:Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China by bduerst on Thursday July 18, 2019 @02:37PM (#20472742)
Wasn't aware the loophole was closed. That's awesome.
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