[governance] Google's attack on European sovereignty (was Re: Google sets up 'right to be forgotten' form...)

[McTim]

How would you have engineered this differently?

You can't blame Google for the Streisand Effect, it was around before
they existed.

On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 4:43 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:
> Kwasi Boakye-Akyeampong <kboakye at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27631001
> [..]
>> People keen to get data removed from Google's index must:
>>
>>    - Provide weblinks to the relevant material
>>    - Name their home country
>>    - Explain why the links should be removed
>>    - Supply photo ID to help Google guard against fraudulent
>>      applications
>
> It seems that Google hates the ruling enough that they've intentionally
> set this up in such a way that it will create a serious risk of a
> Streisand Effect when the feature is actually used:
>
> http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001077.html
>
> I expect that it should be a major discussion topic at the EuroDIG that
> now such decisions of a US based company, which flow out of the US
> perspective on what the boundary line should be between privacy rights
> and the rights of companies to disseminate information, seem to have
> greater power over Europeans than what is considered fundamental rights
> in Europe.
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
>
>
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McTim
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