Monthly Archives: October 2016

I believe that people do have a “right to be forgotten” in certain cases. For instance, one person might have posted something that could be a source of embarrassment like an unflattering picture of themselves. Some cases are not as forgiving, such as a criminal record. Something like that should not be information that can be deleted, instead it should be helpful in seeing a person’s background for certain actions like flying out of the country or purchasing a firearm. For the smaller details that are of no consequence, people should have the “right to be forgotten.”

The “right to be forgotten” does not clash with the 1st Amendment’s “Free Speech” rights because the two ideals are distinctly different from each other. While the 1st Amendment seeks to protect the ability to have your own opinion and share it with others, the “right to be forgotten” seeks to protect the ability to maintain privacy and be able to delete information about oneself. If anything, these two ideals work in tandem with each other rather than clash.

Digital identity is who a person is based off of the information that can be gained online about them. The information ranges from the websites they visit, the content they post, their online usernames on social media sites and video games, and even the items you buy online. Your digital identity is controlled by a number of factors, the main ones being yourself and the websites you visit. You are partly in control because you are normally the one that is visiting websites, posting things, and buying things online. The websites you visit also have a hand in forming your digital identity because they all share information about you.

I believe that the right to be forgotten is a tricky subject because of how it can theoretically be taken advantage of. Is anything related to past crimes or other incidents where the person is clearly at fault allowed to be deleted with ease? Yes, there will still be police records, but that type of information should be left online as a means of informing others of their misdeeds. In my opinion, being able to freely delete such data will cause the person who committed those acts to feel as if they can do whatever they please with almost no repercussions. They will probably learn nothing and continue to do the same thing over again;  an especially bad message for children.

In my opinion,  the right to be forgotten conflicts with our right to free speech because a person can remove anything that is directed towards them, including incriminating articles placed on blogs, websites,  and forums. For example, a blogger may post how unappealing someone’s clothes, food, attitude or food is. Yes, the person being on the receiving end of these insults will be angry, but the blogger has the right to free speech. Deleting these posts without the bloggers consent definitely goes against the 1st amendment.

Digital identity can be defined as the persona we create for ourselves online. It includes our username, attitude, typing habits, posted videos, articles, tweets, posts, and more. Based on these factors, we may present ourselves as a serious, fun, or angry person. However, it’s impossible to be completely in charge of our digital identity as people will always have differing opinions about our persona. There may also be information online that cannot be removed for whatever reason. Because of this, it’s best to look past such negativity and present yourself the way you feel best.

I believe that people have the “Right to be Forgotten”. Every individual should be given the right to chose what they would like to share with the public. Anything that an individual did not agree with presenting to the internet and is exposed is a violation of ”rights to privacy”.

In my opinion the “Right to be forgotten” doesn’t clash with our 1st amendment which is “Freedom of Speech” because just as you can say people commenting on your personal life/information such as what bloggers do is ”freedom of speech”, I can also say ”freedom of speech” is expressing myself without it being broadcasted to people I don’t want to share with.

Digital identity is basically the person you are characterized on the internet. You can be characterized anywhere from positive to negative because your identity is not controlled by you but by the viewers, cyberbullies, or bloggers. You identity is based on what they think.

I think people do have the right to be forgotten because if someone doesn’t want to give or share information about their personalities then they have the right to request to taken off information. So 1^st amendment “free speech”, people have the “right to be forgotten’’ if the information is very personal and still exist on some websites, unfortunately your information still on those websites.

Digital identity is a collection of the each person information. Basically, if people use Facebook, Twitter, or some personal websites, these websites can save people basic information and may be tracked each time. There is no way to control these websites because when people sign up those websites, in their agreement letter it actually stands there and we accept it before reading through. Therefore, nobody can control it. In addition to that, people have to be very careful what they share or what they post because it may cause something in the future.

I am hundred percent sure the government controls everyone’s digital identity because in these days everybody share their ideas through their social media accounts and the government track each chosen words. If people post those words on their accounts they might get tracked by the government. Therefore, they basically monitor our lives.