Posted May 17, 2014
That's a very slippery slope...
Who will enforce this, the government? Which government? ** There's more than one you know, and they don't function the same across the globe. Too often, they don't function, at all. And how far will this go, remove stuff that might compromise your safety and that of your family or even stuff "you don't like because". This would just turn into an endless mess. Besides, removing links from Google search results about you doesn't remove any of the actual information from the net. It might keep the noisy neighbor lady from Google stalking you or a lazy Human Resources employee but it won't hide anything from any real threat.
Remember the infamous Mercedes girl, the teenager who drunkenly drove her dad's Mercedes into a concrete pillar, spilling her brains all over the street? Her dad supposedly paid a lot of money to remove the leaked police photos from the net but those photos are still around, impossible to get rid of stuff especially if it's something real nasty that one would want to see removed.
If there's wrong info about you in a contained space, sue for libel / slander if whoever hosts the data doesn't remove it. If the info is true however then tough luck. It shouldn't be any of Google's concern.
** If it's just Google you're concerned about, I guess the US government would be responsible to enforce things. Not sure if you want to task them with this task.
Who will enforce this, the government? Which government? ** There's more than one you know, and they don't function the same across the globe. Too often, they don't function, at all. And how far will this go, remove stuff that might compromise your safety and that of your family or even stuff "you don't like because". This would just turn into an endless mess. Besides, removing links from Google search results about you doesn't remove any of the actual information from the net. It might keep the noisy neighbor lady from Google stalking you or a lazy Human Resources employee but it won't hide anything from any real threat.
Remember the infamous Mercedes girl, the teenager who drunkenly drove her dad's Mercedes into a concrete pillar, spilling her brains all over the street? Her dad supposedly paid a lot of money to remove the leaked police photos from the net but those photos are still around, impossible to get rid of stuff especially if it's something real nasty that one would want to see removed.
If there's wrong info about you in a contained space, sue for libel / slander if whoever hosts the data doesn't remove it. If the info is true however then tough luck. It shouldn't be any of Google's concern.
** If it's just Google you're concerned about, I guess the US government would be responsible to enforce things. Not sure if you want to task them with this task.
Post edited May 17, 2014 by awalterj