I am a supporter of the right. We have to have a fundamental right to have our identity removed where it is not in the public interest. The ruling is taking the side to prevent some future dictatorship hunting people, who in the past showed preference in opposition to the current regime.

However in every request I've seen they are all in the public interest, even the guy that started the whole thing. 16 years go he was in debt, people should know that and put it into context with the period of time that has since passed.

The problem is that the court left it up to Google to decide what's in the public interest and Google realised this just means another court case if they decide not to take down the link.

I see your point, but I don't think that Google should be the one removing the content. If this information isn't in the public interest to be publicly on the internet, then the publisher of the information probably should be taking it down too.

For our entire history we've been able to move on to the next town/region/country and get a fresh start. Until we get that back, I think we may be entering a dark era.

My thoughts are that at some point it might become more easy to just change your identity.

The new reality: all the people you've ever known will forever be able to find you. That blind date in High School. Those jocks in Marketing from your first job. All your customers. Every salesman that ever sold you anything. Forever.

Unless you 'go off the grid' or some such nonsense. Which becomes a bigger wrench every day as physical social interactions get replaced with virtual ones. Escaping anyone now means escaping everyone - no middle ground.

this has to be one of the most ironic pages on wikipedia.

The Streisand Effect becomes self-aware at 5:20pm Eastern Time, August 6th 2014. In a panic, the EUCHR tries to pull the plug.

4chan fights back.