[ NNSquad ] EU judges to hear Google 'right to be forgotten' case

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

EU judges to hear Google 'right to be forgotten' case

http://j.mp/15gUsTr  (Telegraph)

     "Spanish officials have taken Google to the European Court of
      Justice in a bid to force the search giant to delete information
      that breaches a person's privacy."

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I can't emphasize enough how incredibly misguided and dangerous the
"right to be forgotten" concept is.  Even the description in this
article is wrong -- it's not about privacy, it's about attempting to
force search engines (and others) to delete the truth -- simply
because some parties don't like the facts.  It is precisely the
mindset of "Nineteen Eighty-Four"'s rulers brought to the 21st century.
For more on this, please see: "The 'Right to Be Forgotten': A Threat We
Dare Not Forget": http://j.mp/AatI0J (Lauren's Blog).

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
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
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