The Right To Be Forgotten
Several months ago, the European Union Court of Justice said that citizens have the right to ask that links be removed if they contain information that is "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant." (They determined this following a court case where a Spanish man won the right to have negative information about him removed from Google search results.) There are efforts to make this the law outside of Europe, including in the U.S.
We've talked about the fact that information you post online is essentially permanent. Should it be, in all cases? Should someone have the right to have old, irrelevant information expunged from the Web?
Read this article, and also the arguments that follow it, ("The Arguments"), to help you form your opinion.
If someone wants their information to be gone forever on the internet they should remove it.
ReplyDeleteEspecially if it's putting them down or could potentially hurt their chances of getting a job.
DeleteIf it is putting someone down you should be able to take it down.
DeleteI think a lot of people want things like a abad picture of the internet forever, I just don't see a way it could be done.
DeleteWhat if it was pictures at a party and they need to get a good job they should have a chance of deleting them
DeleteI think that it is fair to want false or irrelevant information removed from the internet. Especially if it isn't true, I dont think it's fair to have false info that could hurt your future on the web.
ReplyDeleteI agree, if someone else posted something bad about you on the internet, you should have the right to get it taken off.
DeleteI agree, something you know that isn't true should be removed from the Internet, especially if it hurts your future.
DeleteI completely agree with you, Josh, if it is irrelevant, it should be a big problem being taken down.
DeleteWhat if someone did post a picture of you drinking at a party and you were underage. Wouldn't you want tot picture deleted.
DeleteI think people should have the right to get something taken down that was never supposed to be posted in the first place. If there is something on the internet that you don't want there that's personal or meant to be put against you, then it should be taken off.
ReplyDeletei agree, if it is something that is bad you should be able to remove it.
DeleteYeah, especially if it something that could potentially harm your future.
DeleteI agree because if there is something personal on the internet it could affect you. If there is something that is put against you, you should be able to delete it because you don't want others to see.
DeleteI agree because it shouldn't be on there in the first place if you want it taken down. Someone also shouldn't post something that you wouldn't want on the internet anyway.
DeleteIf you want it off than you have the right to take it off, or have someone else remove it.
DeleteI think it would be nice to remove bad pictures or something you did not say off of social media.
ReplyDeleteYeah if it's not in your control and it is a picture that you did not want on the web then you should be able to take it down.
DeleteI think it would be nice to take old picture off too.
DeleteI think it would be nice to delete your old pictures to
DeleteI agree, you should be able to delete the old things that you don't like now.
DeleteYeah because everyone has bad pictures of them self and if they want them tooken down they should have them tooken down.
DeleteI think it would be handy to be able to remove old pictures or comments that you made. Sometimes people want to get rid of bad things they posted a long time ago but people need to understand what goes on the internet, stays on the internet.
ReplyDeleteit would be handy to delete your old stuff
DeleteI agree, some things are embarrassing and you don't want other people to see them so you should be able to delete them.
DeleteI think it would be handy to remove old pictures too because it could hurt your future if your job is looking at you on the internet and a bad post or picture comes up.
DeleteIf someone wants to remove there past stuff they should be able to get it deleted.
ReplyDeleteI agree if they want it removed it should have to be removed.
Deleteyeah especially if there past is bad.
Deletei agree because some could have changed from who thety were in the past
DeleteI think they should have the right to take it off the internet because if they didn't post it and it was not true they should be able to remove it from the internet. If there is stuff from the past, that should also be able to be deleted. If you didn't want something on the internet in the first place why would you post it in the first place?
ReplyDeleteI agree that if you don't want something on the internet than don't post it in the first place but sometimes other people post it and I guess it would be nice to delete it.
DeleteIf someone wants to remove something off the internet than they should be able to but i think that it would get out of hand and there would be too many people trying to get things removed. There is probably a reason we cannot take things off the internet, that is why we don't do it in the first place.
ReplyDeleteyeah you dont want stuff about other poeple
DeleteDespite having the best intentions, there is the possibility for people to misuse this option. I'm not fond of leaning either way, for or against.
ReplyDeleteIf someone wants to hide something that was put up on the internet, that mean's it shouldn't have been put up in the first place. However there are scenarios where there is no option and I see why people would want to take it down. But no matter what you do, the internet is a lesson, a watcher, whatever you do has consequences on the web and in real life.
You can't erase your past, but you shouldn't be defined by it. What's so different about that on the internet?
If it's something really bad about someone, like a secret they didn't want anyone to know about, but then they found out and put it online they should have to take it off of there. Or if someone bullies someone and puts mean things about them online they should have to take it down.
ReplyDeleteI think that if you didn't want something on the internet you should be able to remove it whether it contains to you or not. If something is posted about you that you don't want on there or that is not true it should be able to be taken off.
ReplyDeleteIf some one has stuff that is about there past and its on the internet and they want it taken down I don't see why it shouldn't.
ReplyDeleteI think they should be able to delete it too.
Deletei dissagree with lane
DeleteBut just like in real life, you can't erase the past. The internet is the same way. Your actions have consequences, foreseeable or not.
Deletedalton your a funny guy
DeleteBut in real life some one may not have herd of your past with out the internet so if your stuff wasnt on there all they would have to judge you off is the side of you showed them
Deletethe internet is an open place with a lack of lawful actions that can be taken place, say you post something on Facebook lets say its a picture, you can take it down but someone could easily save it to their device
DeleteI think stuff should be able to be deleted. But some stuff shouldn't be either. If something you posted along time ago you should be able to take if off for good.
ReplyDeleteyeah some stuff its good to have on the internet like if its a crime then they know about it.
DeleteYes post good things only
Deletethey shouldn't post something that they will want to be deleted
Deleteyea like maybe take a poll, or a vote on whhether the information is important or not
DeleteYou should want to say say stuff and post stuff about a person
ReplyDeleteI think if its about you it should be deleted when ever you want. Its not fair if you cant.
ReplyDeleteI think they should set a time limit on it for u to delete it.
Deletei agree with cole
Deleteif something is posted about you, you should be able to take it down
ReplyDeleteI agree with skinny beads on this one
ReplyDeletei agree with j-dog and skinny beads also
DeleteI think that you should have the right to get rid of things that you post on the internet. It is scary on how permanent the internet can be, you can post something stupid when you are young and when you are older and looking for a job, your boss might still be able to see that stupid post from when your young.
ReplyDeleteIf someone wants their information to be gone forever on the internet they should be able to have it removed
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ReplyDeleteIf you do want to delete some of your old pictures off one of your profiles, you should have the privilege too.
ReplyDeleteI mean there are good and bad things that would come along with it, there would be more space on servers for other information, but the info that they would be deleting could be used in the future so i guess there are two sides
ReplyDeletei agree with you beacuse people should have the option
Deletei agree with you beacuse people should have the option
Deletethere is good things and bad things about it. if you wanted to delet stuff forever that should be and option
ReplyDeletethere is good things and bad things about it. if you wanted to delet stuff forever that should be and option
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