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Re:Robots.txt for the NYT has a specific exclusion for an 19... by gostsamo on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:44AM (#26618064)
The professor is not an EU citizen and the right to be forgotten does not cover unflattering articles in student newspapers.
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Re:Robots.txt for the NYT has a specific exclusion for an 19... by calmoo on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:48AM (#26618671)
It can cover exactly that scenario depending on the situation.
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Re:Robots.txt for the NYT has a specific exclusion for an 19... by Symbiote on Monday March 29, 2021 @03:59AM (#26618724)
The right is for removal of search results from particular queries on Google etc.

The newspaper doesn't have to do anything.

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Re:Robots.txt for the NYT has a specific exclusion for an 19... by mclightning on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:33AM (#26618893)
Precisely.
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Re:Robots.txt for the NYT has a specific exclusion for an 19... by lrem on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:22AM (#26623086)
I believe it not only covers, but is intended to deal exactly with that - news pieces about individuals that are no longer relevant, but the individuals want to get out of search indices.
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Re:Robots.txt for the NYT has a specific exclusion for an 19... by gostsamo on Monday March 29, 2021 @11:52AM (#26623654)
The rights to privacy and to be forgotten could be superseded in the cases of significant public interest. Especially the right to be forgotten is in regard to petty crimes, revenge porn or stupid posts done by minors. Right to be forgotten does not allow for censorship or rewriting history at the will of the subject of an article.

Something that Wikipedia reminded me, rtf is obligatory only in the EU and search engines are not obliged to comply with it on its international websites.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten

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