List of people who have petitioned for the right to be forgotten

Re:List of people who have petitioned for the right to be fo... by nextw33k on Thursday August 07, 2014 @06:21AM (#8146972)

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.

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Re:List of people who have petitioned for the right to be fo... by thomasfoster96 on Friday August 08, 2014 @02:30AM (#8151744)

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.

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