I Forgot to Remember to Forget


The British Information Commissioner's office has ordered Google to remove nine stories about a "right to be forgotten" ruling from its search results. The stories describe a previous order to remove stories about a criminal offense committed by an individual.
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I look forward to reading about the commission ordering Google to remove links to this story about being ordered to remove links to that story.
It's forgotten links all the way down.
At least the commission can't say they have nothing to do...
Why don't we just use strike-through for all the "right to be forgotten" links?
Furrowed brow and Tylenol
In Russia, you can't change the future, but you can change the past!
Seems that's now true in the UK also.