[governance] how to un-digg?

[Ralf Bendrath]

Robert Guerra schrieb:
>> Someone raised a related kind of issue during the Rio IGF -- how do
>> we teach the Internet how to forget (or do we need the Internet to
>> learn how to forget?)
That was about personal information, not about stuff in newspapers.

The argument is originally from Victor Mayer-Schönberger:
<http://ksgnotes1.harvard.edu/Research/wpaper.nsf/rwp/RWP07-022>

But still:
> As I don't think we want the leading libraries of the world to 
> "forget/erase" books,
Most libraries throw out books on a regular basis, because their storage
space is limited.

> I would be - very cautious - with the global knowledge resource (aka.
> the internet) forgetting facts and thus changing history..
Interesting point. I also think that any corrections have to be clearly
marked.

Best, Ralf

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