But he also said something that at least I had not heard before. Mr. Ros Peran and the Spanish EU presidency want to give the Internet ”the ability to forget”. What does that mean?
Not even China or Iran are able to make the net forget things they don’t like, even though they try. The Soviet Union was equally unsuccessful in altering history after the fact, and in those days there was not even an Internet. It may be true that nobody expects the Spanish inquisition, but I doubt that even they would have the means to achieve that goal.
When I asked the Spanish secretary of state if he had some concrete details about this he didn’t, which at least is some comfort. Let us hope that it was just an indication of how little the Spanish government understands about the net, and that nothing will come out of it.
But I still find it very disturbing that the current EU presidency is even thinking along those lines.
According to Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights we have the right ”to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and regardless of frontiers”.
That right must apply on the net as well.
Δε ξέρω αν εγώ δεν καταλαβαίνω καλα τις πειρατικές αρχές, αλλά είμαι σίγουρη οτι ο Ευρωβουλευτής των Σουηδών πειρατών τις καταλαβαίνει
(Για τους Γάλλους βουλευτές που το σκέφτηκαν πρώτοι, δεν είμαι τόσο σίγουρη...)
http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/2013/ ... -is-wrong/
Erasing history is not only Orwellian and unfeasible, given the scale of the Web, but it will have a chilling effect on freedom of expression
Αχ ρε γμτ... με καημό το λέω... γιατί μπερδευόμαστε;