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Should There Be a Right to Be Forgotten?
The George Washington University Law School
Stuart 101
2000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
In May 2014, the European Court of Justice ruled that Google must recognize European citizens’ “right to be forgotten” by removing links to articles and other Internet content about them that they would prefer to have “forgotten”–even if such content is truthful and accurate. Google has since received hundreds of thousands of requests to remove links to content that requesters would rather have “forgotten.” What does this ruling mean for the future of freedom of expression and information on the Internet? Professor Jeffrey Rosen will deliver his address “Should There Be a Right to be Forgotten?”
This event is sponsored by GW Law’s Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Project, which is co-directed by Professors Arturo Carrillo and Dawn Nunziato, and held in conjunction with the Microsoft Technology and Human Rights Center.