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France rules Google must remove offending search results worldwide

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Other search engines? (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-10-06 16:44 (#PN3S)

It makes me wonder how closely other search engines are being monitored. Personally I stop using Google long ago.

Additionally I have mixed feelings about this anyway. Forgetting is part of time healing all wounds and helps people change their ways. However what "right to be forgotten" does someone like Richard Nixon (or his heirs now) have for everyone to forget his poor choices? It's infused in history and describes certain parts of society that endure.

Re: Other search engines? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-10-06 18:52 (#PNGS)

Regardless of what you think of Edward Snowden, what would happen if you applied for "the right to be forgotten"? Does that mean that no one in Europe would be able to search for information on him?

Stupid French laws.

Re: Other search engines? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-10-07 10:59 (#PQKZ)

It's not a French law, it's an european one.

And no, Edward Snowden wouldn't qualify for it since he is a public figure.

Re: Other search engines? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-10-07 15:37 (#PRHW)

A public figure? If what you do can be written about on a web page then you qualify as a public figure.

Re: Other search engines? (Score: 1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-10-07 15:53 (#PRKH)

It's not that simple, there are clear laws in E.U. countries in order to determine if you qualify as a public figure.

Why do you think that in order to be 'forgotten', you need to have both the approval of a judge and also of the CNIL?

In other words, it's not as simple as people try to claim it is. Why do people who haven't actually read the law so opinionated about it?

Re: Other search engines? (Score: 0)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-10-07 16:39 (#PRR0)

Maybe because it's wrong and evil?

Re: Other search engines? (Score: 2, Interesting)

by wilson@pipedot.org on 2015-10-07 17:10 (#PRVD)

It's completely fine to disagree with something or campaign against something, as long as you are are able to articulate why you disagree with it.

I would like the EU to avoid ending up like the US, where people aimlessly shout out every inane thought that entered their heads.

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