[kodablah]

> They will instead turn to Google

Whew, good thing they wouldn't instead turn to newspapers or libraries, we might have to have information removed there too (or the microfiche or card catalogs respectively). It's unfortunate that ease of access is the primary motivator and we can't just stand on principles. I believe society would adapt, but yes factual information at your fingertips has positives and negatives as do most freedoms.

Who knows what type of medium may arise that allows people to see unfettered factual information. But if people start to make judgments on it, I suppose we better be prepared to have it censored.

To me it reads "we can't control how people judge your information in some forms, so we'll make it harder for people to get information in the first place".

[greglindahl]

Online newspapers are being directly censored by "right to be forgotten", there are people having their names removed from newspaper site search engines.