Keywords
Right to Be Forgotten, digital privacy, digital erasure
Abstract
Court rulings in the European Union (EU) have now established that individuals may seek erasure of personal information posted online. Typically, this involves de-indexing a website from search results, and in some instances the removal of content from primary sources sites. This has, in turn, led to debate around both the logistics and the unintended consequences of removing information online, and subsequent discussions have grappled with a range of images and metaphors to map that new legal reality. This essay surveys that debate, the imagery it employs, and the various logics associated with these metaphors.
Recommended Citation
Chris Prince, Micheal Vonn, and Lex Gill, "The Aleph Bet: Debating Metaphors for Information, Data Handling And the Right to be Forgotten" (2018) 16:1 CJLT.
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