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Re:Google introducing tool for under-18s to remove images of... by hypertele-Xii on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:27PM (#28235857)
> What if we stopped relentlessly cataloging and indexing information about every single person on the planet in a way that anyone can search instantaneously?

This would require a cultural shift away from gossip. But humans love gossip.

If you can't stop gossip, you can't stop someone from saying things they learned about another person, and by extension you can't stop it from being automated neither.

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Re:Google introducing tool for under-18s to remove images of... by thomastjeffery on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:27PM (#28237420)
It would still be less relentless if common individual behavior was to keep personal information private instead of posting everything about yourself on social media.
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