Wikipedia reveals Google 'forgotten' search links
Source: BBC
Wikipedia has begun naming links to its online encyclopaedia that have been removed from EU search results under "right to be forgotten" rules.
The deleted links include pages about European criminals, a musician and an amateur chess player.
The Wikimedia Foundation, which operates the site, said the internet was being "riddled with memory holes" as a result of such takedowns.
The action follow a European Court of Justice ruling in May.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28672121
starroute
(12,977 posts)It was submitted to Wikipedia by someone who claimed they'd taken it from the audience. That claim is in dispute. But by trying to take it down under the right-to-be-forgotten ruling, the musician has turned it into a significant historical document -- which means it's now covered by fair use and is likely to be shared widely.
Now there are suggestions that in order to actually preserve the right to be forgotten, the entire process has to take place under a veil of secrecy, with no indication of what's being taken out of search results or why. In short, this whole situation is going to become increasingly unwieldy and undemocratic and may simply make Europe into a laughingstock.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)which a person or organization chooses to censor is extremely telling about their inner workings.
randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Salviati
(6,002 posts)The Green Manalishi
(1,054 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)And have been for years.
navarth
(5,927 posts)What I'm hearing is that duckduckgo doesn't track you. That's respecting privacy, already better than the google.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)bpollen
(110 posts)I think the ability to take down erroneous info would be entirely justifiable... but to simply allow people to erase EVERYTHING about themselves available via Google is one crazy-ass approach.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)But that doesn't compel anyone to forget you.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
wheniwasincongress
(1,307 posts)"joe scarborough intern" on the list??