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An unrealistic and undesirable alternative to the right to be forgotten

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  • Lundgren, Björn

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In their “Così fan tutte: A better approach than the right to be forgotten”, Martha Garcia-Murillo and Ian MacInnes (2018) present an alternative to the right to be forgotten. It mainly consists of changing social norms to a more open and transparent society and improving anti-discrimination laws. In this reply, I challenge their suggestions both empirically and normatively, arguing that they cannot achieve what they set-out; that their analysis of privacy and the right to be forgotten misses important aspects that go beyond discrimination; and that we have a shared interest in allowing individuals to live a partly opaque life.

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  • Lundgren, Björn, 2023. "An unrealistic and undesirable alternative to the right to be forgotten," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:47:y:2023:i:1:s0308596122001483
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102446
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    1. Garcia-Murillo, Martha & MacInnes, Ian, 2018. "Così fan tutte: A better approach than the right to be forgotten," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(3), pages 227-240.
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