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Re:Full Text Search of US Court records by Jolter on Monday April 21, 2025 @04:18AM (#43749505)
I don’t know if I agree. As long as search engines are private for-profit enterprises and not a public service, I think this particular regulation is slightly more good than bad.

Tangentially, IMO any 1984 comparisons fall flat when the state is not involved in the censorship in question.

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Re:Full Text Search of US Court records by ls612 on Monday April 21, 2025 @08:46PM (#43758054)
The state literally requires me to censor if you ask. I can’t speak freely what I know about you under pain of state punishment.
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Re:Full Text Search of US Court records by Jolter on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @03:09AM (#43759747)
Are you an Internet search engine?
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Re:Full Text Search of US Court records by Jolter on Tuesday April 22, 2025 @04:47AM (#43760201)
Jokes aside, the EU page about the GDPR right to be forgotten [1] states:

“ Here are the reasons cited in the GDPR that trump the right to erasure:

The data is being used to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information.[…]”

[1]https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/

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