Yet another great example of politicians attempting to legislate things that they know nothing about, and putting the burden of their whimsies on the backs of others. Don't get me wrong, their are a lot of great concepts here. There are also plenty of laws that need to be created to protect consumers from unscrupulous companies, but it must be within reason.
It needs to be technologically and economically feasible on a large scale at the very least, and these laws also need to take into consideration the effects on the common good of all people. Information is power after all.
A good quote that sums up the legislation from the source article,
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The right to be forgotten could make Facebook and Google, for example, liable for up to two percent of their global income if they fail to remove photos that people post about themselves and later regret, even if the photos have been widely distributed already."
Catch that? "even if the photos have been widely distributed" meaning reshared by dozens, hundreds, even thousands. This is true for google is well who would essentially have to black every page with the offending content.
Catch that? "even if the photos have been widely distributed" meaning reshared by dozens, hundreds, even thousands. This is true for google is well who would essentially have to black every page with the offending content.
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