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The "right to be forgotten" is the "right" to suppress true speech by others, and is in fundamental opposition to the right of free speech. Its a close cousin of the forms of libel laws where truth is not a defense that suppress true and accurate criticism, and the recognition that you can't have that kind of thing and free speech at the same time isn't a 21st century observation.

Its also, from a pragmatic standpoint, about equivalent to attempting to command the tides by law.

parent dragonwriter 12 years ago

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