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Re:Canadians have a ‘right to be forgotten’ on Google, Feder... by gruez on Saturday September 30, 2023 @10:14AM (#37715636)
> This sort of gray area is one for a court to figure out. If it were me? "Court records and reporting on governmental proceedings, including civil and criminal proceedings, shall not be included unless a court determines there is no prevailing public interest."

Okay but the hypothetical above doesn't include any court proceedings or any other government records. It's just a video of the person doing something illegal. It doesn't even have to be limited to videos/photos, it could also be verbal accusations (eg. of sexual harassment).

>Barring that? I think erring on the side of the vastly more numerous set of decent people who may be affected by parrot farms is probably wise.

I don't get it, are there websites out there dedicated to posting false information about random people?

Re:Canadians have a ‘right to be forgotten’ on Google, Feder... by eropple on Saturday September 30, 2023 @10:22AM (#37715706)
> I don't get it, are there websites out there dedicated to posting false information about random people?

Yes. And also prurient and invasive things that may be true (which is why we have laws against things like revenge porn, which Google also removes from its SERPs in some jurisdictions.