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Applying the ‘right to be forgotten’

There’s a growing movement for news organizations to make it easier for people to request removal of past coverage. How should it work?

Updated: May 26, 2023

Issue overview A recent column in the Chicago Sun-Times outlines the stories of people who want to the right to be forgotten: “The woman whose arrest was dismissed years ago but who still gets questioned about it regularly at work and in her community. The man who was acquitted but suspects the article about his […]...

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