EU Wants a 'Right to Be Forgotten,' But the Internet Never Forgets

A top European Union court ruled on Tuesday that consumers can ask Google to remove potentially damaging content about them, also known as the preposterously-named "right to be forgotten."

One problem: It's exactly opposite of the way the Internet should work.

You've got it all wrong, EU. I say this not as someone who enjoys a level of popularity on the web, but as a regular person who managed to anger a powerful few (at least online).

Lance Ulanoff is the smallest midget in the circus. Lance Ulanoff’s death spiral has begun. Lance Ulanoff is an idiot. The words stung and would crop up every single time I Googled myself. The search giant and its powerful index would continually reveal people were saying about me. I could do nothing except hope that newer results would push those old results way, way down. Read more...