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[ NNSquad ] EU pushing harder for search engine censorship via "right to be forgotten" (+ my comments)
EU pushing harder for search engine censorship via "right to be forgotten" (+ my comments) http://j.mp/Ar7gGG (This message on Google+) - - - http://j.mp/xw0jET (ars technica) "Los Alfaques, a bucolic campground near the Spanish town of Tarragona, isn't happy with Google. That's because searches for "camping Alfaques" bring up horrific images of charred human flesh-not good for business when you're trying to sell people on the idea of relaxation. The campground believes it has the right to demand that Google stop showing "negative" links, even though the links aren't mistakes at all. Are such lawsuits an aberration, or the future of Europe's Internet experience in the wake of its new "right to be forgotten" proposals?" - - - I've previously expressed my concerns regarding the speech suppressing and impractical nature of "right to be forgotten" proposals, and my preferred path of *more* information, not less. Please see: "Deleting History: Why Governments Demand Google Censor the Truth" from a year ago for more: http://j.mp/dOE4Vw (Lauren's Blog). --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad