>I generally believe that people should be able to delete what they put online
I might get some flak for this, but I think the opposite. I think when someone posts something online, it should remain online forever. It's a tragedy that information ever gets deleted. The fact that someone could publish something thousands or even millions of people enjoy and then take it away from them is a shame. Even if it's something only a handful of people enjoy.
Even in cases of blatant slander, I don't think censorship or deletion is ever justifiable. In cases of proven slander/libel, some sort of bright red notice should be placed above and below the content indicating a court found it to be false and libelous.
People do make mistakes, but I think it's better for information to always be "append-only". If I had some old embarrassing blog posts, I wouldn't delete them, but rather add a warning or disclaimer that I no longer hold those views and regret making that post.
I have a lot of embarrassing things about me on the Internet that I wouldn't want an employer to find, from when I was much younger, but which they can find through careful Googling. I just have to accept those things happened, and to try and make a case for why these were mistakes from when I was a teenager and not how I am today.
I totally support archives and web scraping, and am appalled by the EU's "right to be forgotten" ruling.
There can be a lot of reasons to want to delete something you've posted online, a stalker for example. I think it's careless to dismiss all such reasons in one swoop.
I agree that's a valid reason, but on principle, I think they still shouldn't have that option. They should address the stalking directly. Removing content isn't going to dissuade a stalker; it'll probably only make them more interested, honestly.
I might get some flak for this, but I think the opposite. I think when someone posts something online, it should remain online forever. It's a tragedy that information ever gets deleted. The fact that someone could publish something thousands or even millions of people enjoy and then take it away from them is a shame. Even if it's something only a handful of people enjoy.
Even in cases of blatant slander, I don't think censorship or deletion is ever justifiable. In cases of proven slander/libel, some sort of bright red notice should be placed above and below the content indicating a court found it to be false and libelous.
People do make mistakes, but I think it's better for information to always be "append-only". If I had some old embarrassing blog posts, I wouldn't delete them, but rather add a warning or disclaimer that I no longer hold those views and regret making that post.
I have a lot of embarrassing things about me on the Internet that I wouldn't want an employer to find, from when I was much younger, but which they can find through careful Googling. I just have to accept those things happened, and to try and make a case for why these were mistakes from when I was a teenager and not how I am today.
I totally support archives and web scraping, and am appalled by the EU's "right to be forgotten" ruling.