This idea, gaining some currency in Europe, would require government to get deeply into the control of privately published information content [Adam Thierer, Scott Greenfield, PC World]
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When the European Commission can’t clean up the outlier colonies like the United States and the island of criminals…
Comedy gold
Two of the least appealing claimants of a European “right to be forgotten” include a German murderer suing Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Werl%C3%A9_and_Manfred_Lauber
and a Spanish plastic surgeon who worries about a 20-year-old unfavorable newspaper article, suing Google but *not* the newspaper:
http://searchengineland.com/google-confronting-spains-right-to-be-forgotten-67440
As a compromise on Google, I suggest a “right-of-reply” link that would be displayed together with the link someone doesn’t like. On his right-of-reply page, for example, the Spanish plastic surgeon could point out that the newpaper article is 20 years old and that in more recent times he enjoys a excellent reputation. (Or he could dispute the accuracy of the article itself.) A single right-of-reply page would suffice for all the charges and links the author wishes to answer.
I have more sympathy for a “right to be forgotten” in straightforward “invasion of privacy” cases, but share skepticism that it can be made workable.
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