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Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 14, 2011 @04:04PM from the just-be-less-memorable dept.

rsmiller510 writes "There's a growing movement in Europe regarding a right to be forgotten online. It's a notion that might sound attractive on its face, but could have chilling unintended consequences for the historical record."

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Erase it. Now! (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 14, 2011 @04:10PM (#35483684)

I want all of the things I've posted as Anonymous Coward for the past five years erased. All of these comments are "owned by the person who posted them," and I posted all of them.

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Re:Already have that covered (Score:5, Funny)

by mr_lizard13 ( 882373 ) writes: on Monday March 14, 2011 @04:18PM (#35483758)

I just make sure that I am a very uninteresting person.

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Re:Erase it. Now! (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 14, 2011 @04:27PM (#35483836)

Don't do it! He hacked my account but I can't work out how to reset the password.

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