“Europe’s highest court Tuesday gave people the means to scrub their reputations online, issuing a landmark ruling that experts say could force Google and other search engines to delete references to old debts, long-ago arrests and other unflattering episodes.
Embracing what has come to be called “the right to be forgotten,” the Court of Justice of the European Union said people should have some say over what information comes up when someone Googles them. The decision was celebrated by some as a victory for privacy rights in an age when just about everything — good or bad — leaves a permanent electronic trace.”*
The Young Turks hosts Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola (TYT University) break it down.
*Read more here from Toby Sterling / Business Week:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2014-05-13/european-court-upholds-right-to-be-forgotten-says-google-must-edit-some-search-results?utm_source=nextdraft&utm_medium=email