| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 118 pages) |
| Series |
RISJ challenges |
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RISJ challenges.
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| Contents |
Cover Page; Editorial Committee; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgements; 1. Law, Power, and the Hyperlink; 2. The Search Society; 3. Striking the Balance; 4. Google Spain; 5. Reactions and consequences; 6. Beyond Europe; 7. New law: The General data Protection Regulation; 8. Alternative Approaches; 9. Conclusions: The Future; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| 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"--Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Right to be forgotten.
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Privacy, Right of.
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Digital media -- Social aspects
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Information technology -- Social aspects
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
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Digital media -- Social aspects
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Information technology -- Social aspects
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Privacy, Right of
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Right to be forgotten
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781786731128 |
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1786731126 |
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9781786721129 |
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1786721120 |
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