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by andrewfong 4218 days ago
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.

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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"