[Jolter]

I don’t know if I agree. As long as search engines are private for-profit enterprises and not a public service, I think this particular regulation is slightly more good than bad.

Tangentially, IMO any 1984 comparisons fall flat when the state is not involved in the censorship in question.

[ls612]

The state literally requires me to censor if you ask. I can’t speak freely what I know about you under pain of state punishment.

[Jolter]

Are you an Internet search engine?

[Jolter]

Jokes aside, the EU page about the GDPR right to be forgotten [1] states:

“ Here are the reasons cited in the GDPR that trump the right to erasure:

The data is being used to exercise the right of freedom of expression and information.[…]”

[1]https://gdpr.eu/right-to-be-forgotten/