Bibliograph

The right to be forgotten, privacy and the media in the digital age, George Brock

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The right to be forgotten, privacy and the media in the digital age, George Brock

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The right to be forgotten

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

960727599

Responsibility statement

George Brock

Series statement

RISJ challenges

Sub title

privacy and the media in the digital age

Summary

"The human race now creates, distributes and stores more information than at any other time in history. Frictionless and cheap digital networks circulate information in ways which either authors or subjects are unable to trace or control. Servers store data which can be found on the world wide web years after it has ceased to be accurate or relevant to its original use. These developments have given rise to a movement promoting a 'right to be forgotten': an argument that freedom of expression should be balanced by a right to erase information which affects an individual, under certain conditions. Rights to privacy therefore need extending and strengthening in the digital era. This strand of thinking influenced a significant judgment delivered by the European Court of Justice in May 2014. As a result, the dominant internet search engine in Europe, Google, has been required to remove links to hundreds of thousands of pieces of information on application from individuals who considered their interests harmed. We know very little of how these delinking choices are made. This book looks at the implications of this controversial decision for free expression, journalism and information in the digital public sphere. Two rights, free speech and privacy, collide in a new way in age of information saturation. Is the judgment a threat to freedom of information and the accuracy of the historical record or the first step in establishing essential new rights in the digital era"--, Provided by Publisher

Table Of Contents

Law, power, and the hyperlink -- The search society -- Striking the balance -- Google Spain -- Reactions and consequences -- Beyond Europe -- New law : the General Data Protection Regulation -- Alternative approaches -- Conclusions : the future

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