> Removing something from Google search results effectively does remove it from the Internet. If you can't find something, then it may as well not exist. ...
Well, if you believe the "social" hype[], people increasingly find info via shares from friends (e.g. Facebook posts). If I chose to make a Facebook post about Max Mosely (the "media figure in the United Kingdom" referred to in the article and strangely not mentioned by name) how could the "right to be forgotten" be applied? I think that even in Europe, that level of individual censorship would be unacceptable.
[] BTW I don't believe "social discovery" is nuking general search. But it's an interesting "what if"
Well, if you believe the "social" hype[], people increasingly find info via shares from friends (e.g. Facebook posts). If I chose to make a Facebook post about Max Mosely (the "media figure in the United Kingdom" referred to in the article and strangely not mentioned by name) how could the "right to be forgotten" be applied? I think that even in Europe, that level of individual censorship would be unacceptable.
[] BTW I don't believe "social discovery" is nuking general search. But it's an interesting "what if"