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by bobcostas55 4345 days ago
Perhaps you haven't seen how the "right to be forgotten" thing is being used in practice. It's not used to take down "random facts about random citizens". It's used by public figures in positions of authority to hide their wrongdoings.

They're not taking down "automated collections of data", they are taking down links to newspaper articles. The exact same articles that are in the archives.

The focus SHOULD be on how the system IS abused because the costs of the abuse vastly outsize any potential benefits.