According to a list of news in the reference section below concerning search results of Google, the EU court sentences Google to start ‘right to be forgotten’ for which some search results of Google might not be shown due to requesting of users who think that outdated search results affect their reputation.
From my point of view, ‘right to be forgotten’ is reasonable for individuals, but forcing Google to removes search results does not seem useful due to the fact that it doesn't solve the problem and might cause a lot of consequences such as degrading of accessing data on the internet, how to identify that users really want to remove links and how to decide that this data is obsolete and should be removed or not.
The goal of the internet is to distribute information among users, so information always should be shared no matter what kind of information it is. I think that it refers to ‘right to know’. As I also mentioned that it doesn't solve the problem, if you want to remove the information, you should directly contact source owner – not Google. Google just provides search result of your keywords. I think it’s non-sense to cope with Google, because you can remove such links, but the source’s still there, so it's merely hard to access. In addition, even though Google agree to do ‘right to be forgotten’, there are still other search engine providers. Do you want to sue every single search engine providers to remove search results?
Last but not least, doing such thing like removing links might violate a concept of the internet in the future. It might also affect free speech on the internet even though users can state some ideas but no one can access, read and continue to share idea. Is it a good thing or not? And, how can we balance ‘right to be forgotten’ and ‘right to know’? Any discussions are welcomed. :)
EU court backs 'right to be forgotten' in Google case form after EU ruling. (2014, May 13). BBC News Europe. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27388289
Google agrees to forget. (2014, May 30). BBC News Technology. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27634746
Google sets up 'right to be forgotten' form after EU ruling. (2014, May 30). BBC News Technology. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001
Lee, D. (2014, May 13). What is the 'right to be forgotten'? BBC News Technology. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27394751
The goal of the internet is to distribute information among users, so information always should be shared no matter what kind of information it is. I think that it refers to ‘right to know’. As I also mentioned that it doesn't solve the problem, if you want to remove the information, you should directly contact source owner – not Google. Google just provides search result of your keywords. I think it’s non-sense to cope with Google, because you can remove such links, but the source’s still there, so it's merely hard to access. In addition, even though Google agree to do ‘right to be forgotten’, there are still other search engine providers. Do you want to sue every single search engine providers to remove search results?
Last but not least, doing such thing like removing links might violate a concept of the internet in the future. It might also affect free speech on the internet even though users can state some ideas but no one can access, read and continue to share idea. Is it a good thing or not? And, how can we balance ‘right to be forgotten’ and ‘right to know’? Any discussions are welcomed. :)
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References
Google agrees to forget. (2014, May 30). BBC News Technology. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27634746
Google sets up 'right to be forgotten' form after EU ruling. (2014, May 30). BBC News Technology. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001
Lee, D. (2014, May 13). What is the 'right to be forgotten'? BBC News Technology. Retrieved 1 June, 2014 from http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27394751
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