[ProAm]

Except a lot of the time recorded history is one-sided and often out of context. People should have a right to a reasonable amount of privacy. Especially children when they do not really understand the mistakes they make while growing up (adults too). Too many witch hunts come out of half-truths and manipulated 'evidence' and facts.

[EGreg]

If you see this as expanding libel laws, including the ability to compel publishers to take down or retract libelous statements, then maybe there is some machinery in place. There is an objective criterion, at least - someone was under 18, someone definitely lied, etc.

But like any machinery it can be abused. And expanding it will increase the potential for abuse.

[andrewfong]

Except a lot of the time recorded history is quite accurate and in context, and people are using privacy or allegations of falsehood as an excuse to engage in censorship.

That's not to imply that all of the info out there is truthful and of legitimate public interest. But the right to be forgotten can and has in fact been abused.

[ProAm]

I agree, and definitely do not think its a perfect solution. But I feel that people who are innocent deserve this ability, sort of akin to the statement: " it's better that 1000 guilty men go free than one innocent man be imprisoned"