"The fallout from the recent European court of justice ruling on the "right to be forgotten" has reached far and wide in the past week, prompting an international discussion about how personal information is used online.
Mario Costeja González succeeded in his bid to have two archived newspaper articles removed from Google's search index, securing an apparent victory for those who argue against the hegemony of tech giants. Those denouncing the ruling – spanning the tech industry, free speech advocates, mass media and even Downing Street - have warned that this is bad for the internet, and bad for Europe.
But there is another perspective. A growing number of academics have expressed a more profound and inspiring observation – a recognition that this ruling could eventually lead to the updating of an outmoded legal framework and help make the internet more harmonious than it is today".
full article at The Guardian
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