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Is anything ever 'forgotten' online?

  • Written by Keith W. Ross, Dean of Engineering and Computer Science at NYU Shanghai; Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, New York University
imageHow hard is it to find what people would prefer was forgotten?Magnifying glass with person and question mark via shutterstock.com

When someone types your name into Google, suppose the first link points to a newspaper article about you going bankrupt 15 years ago, or to a YouTube video of you smoking cigarettes 20 years ago, or simply a webpage that...

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