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Re:Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found by tantalor on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @06:45PM (#7781189)
> People are screened for employment online

The solution here is to regulate hiring practices, not access to information.

For example, in the US, it is not legal to base a hiring decision on whether an applicant is married. Anybody can search newspaper archives for marriage announcements, but we don't ban newspapers.

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Re:Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found by croggle on Wednesday May 21, 2014 @07:00PM (#7781249)
You can't regulate this. How do you know why I didn't really hire you?
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Re:Google Search Results: Dictator Not Found by croggle on Thursday May 22, 2014 @12:23AM (#7782093)
My point still stands. How do you know that I didn't hire you because I hate gays but I tell everyone I didn't hire you because of that one Java question you got wrong. It's very very hard to prove and can be expensive to take to take to court.

People like you with your rosy view of the world make it hard for people with real problems to get by.

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