In this ongoing series, technology law and policy analyst Julia Powles takes a look at how law is changing around the world in response to the challenges of the digital age
Right to be forgotten: Swiss cheese internet, or database of ruin?
Julia Powles
Posturing over Google and the ‘right to be forgotten’ detracts from larger issues about respect for individuals v overreaching economic rights in digital space
Why the BBC is wrong to republish ‘right to be forgotten’ links
Julia Powles
The BBC’s action betrays a wider ambivalence to the right to be forgotten. But they would do well to recognise the dangers of the internet’s perpetual present
Can the internet be saved without harming democracy?
A new report wants to foster a digital age underpinned by human rights and calls for greater transparency from global giants. But will we ever trust the internet?
Europe is targeting Google under antitrust laws but missing the bigger picture
Julia Powles
Google has become part of our language and our behaviours – but we are floundering with what it means, whether it is a problem, and what to do about it
We are citizens, not mere physical masses of data for harvesting
Julia Powles
The deal we have struck with the information society over the extent to which our lives are shaped and our privacy invaded requires urgent renegotiation
Google has acted as judge, jury and executioner in the wake of Europe’s right to be forgotten ruling. But what does society lose when a private corporation rules public information?
