Peter Deal dealpete at fastmail.com
Fri Sep 4 22:46:42 BST 2020
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Hello Geminauts,
This is my first post here but I have been lurking for awhile.
The thread about archiving led me just now to read about the Right to be Forgotten for the first time. It’s not something that I’ve ever heard anyone talk about in Canada, didn’t realize it was an active controversy in Europe. It raises interesting questions - is it possible to take information off the internet? Is it effectively gone for most people when you remove it from Google? What is more important - the value of the public in knowing what happened, or the value to the individual in getting on with his life after making a mistake?
For Gemini protocol, I feel like if it becomes important enough to people, an archive is likely to be created whether we want it or not. There’s probably some value in the community itself proactively creating a sanctioned archive itself that respects creators’ reasonable desires to have their content taken offline on demand.
Regards,Peter