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(Sept 9, 2026) [Australia] Program: You could soon have the 'right to be forgotten' online. What will it mean?
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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You could soon have the 'right to be forgotten' online. What will it mean? - ABC listen
Australians could soon be given the right to ask large companies to destroy their personal information. The "right to be forgotten" is one of the changes being proposed by the federal government to s...
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2026 at 2:07 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Sept 24, 2026) Baptism and the “right to be forgotten”: Awaiting the verdict of the European courts
eclj.org/religious-fr...

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Baptism and the “right to be forgotten”: Awaiting the verdict of the European courts
In recent years, church authorities have increasingly received requests from baptized individuals wishing to formalize their decision to leave the...
eclj.org
September 25, 2026 at 1:58 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Aug 12, 2026) Youth Insights Report — Growing Up Online: Youth Perspectives on Digital Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities {Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario}
www.ipc.on.ca/en/resources...

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Youth Insights Report — Growing Up Online: Youth Perspectives on Digital Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities
To mark United Nations’ International Youth Day, the IPC released its insights report from Growing Up Online: Youth Perspectives on Digital Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities, an event spearheaded by...
www.ipc.on.ca
September 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Aug 28, 2026) Privacy watchdog takes Google to court over ‘right to be forgotten’ case
globalnews.ca/news/1203982...

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Privacy watchdog takes Google to court over ‘right to be forgotten’ case - National | Globalnews.ca
Canada's privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog’s recommendations.
globalnews.ca
September 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
"Europe’s privacy law asks whether an organisation has a legal basis for processing data. The US mostly relies on notice and consent, which in practice means clicking 'I agree' to terms nobody reads. The Australian test asks a different question..."

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September 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(July 11, 2026) They steal our data, they steal our democracy. The moral catastrophe of Big Tech’s totalitarians-for-profit
english.elpais.com/opinion/2026...

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They steal our data, they steal our democracy. The moral catastrophe of Big Tech’s totalitarians-for-profit
A group of corporate power brokers is responsible for the democratic collapse we are witnessing on a global scale. Through their algorithms, they have managed to trap citizens in a mire of information...
english.elpais.com
July 18, 2026 at 1:49 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(June 4, 2026) What Gets To Be Forgotten? Considerations For Companies When Erasing Digital History
www.forbes.com/councils/for...

"As breaches become more common and reputational fallout more severe, holding onto everything can start to look like a liability."

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Considerations For Companies When Erasing Digital History
For organizations, the challenge isn’t just whether to forget, but how to do it responsibly by going beyond compliance and designing systems with care and intention.
www.forbes.com
June 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(June 17, 2026) [Germany] Years after filming a scene at age 13, this actress is waging an unprecedented battle
www.ma-grande-taille.com/en/people/mo...

"Wenders acknowledged, in a sort of mea culpa, that "Kinski should have been better protected" at the time of filming"

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Years after filming a scene at age 13, this actress is waging an unprecedented battle
German actress and model Nastassja Kinski has won a legal battle: to have a film in which she appears at age 13 removed.
www.ma-grande-taille.com
June 14, 2026 at 8:47 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(June 11, 2026) [India] When a name becomes a sentence...Delhi High Court frames a calibrated remedy
www.scobserver.in/journal/when...
"The judgement does not say the past can always be erased. It says the past need not always be chained to a person’s name."

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When a name becomes a sentence - Supreme Court Observer
After acquittal, search results can punish for life; the Delhi High Court frames a calibrated remedy.
www.scobserver.in
June 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(May 13, 2026) OnlyFans’ First-Gen Creators Are Retiring—and Some Are Begging You to Forget They Exist
www.wired.com/story/onlyfa...

"Autumn Renea is planning to quit the platform after making $10 million dollars...'I’m retiring and becoming a full time Christian.'"
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OnlyFans’ First-Gen Creators Are Retiring—and Some Are Begging You to Forget They Exist
As more sex workers quit the industry, some are having to navigate tough questions around consent and the “afterlife” of work they no longer want to be associated with.
www.wired.com
May 19, 2026 at 6:25 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(May 5, 20-25) Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

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Canadian fiddler sues Google after AI Overview wrongly claimed he was a sex offender
Ashley MacIsaac, who is seeking $1.5m in civil lawsuit, says inaccurate information led to concert cancellation
www.theguardian.com
May 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(April 22, 2026) Why AI Cannot Forget Genomic Data
law.stanford.edu/2026/04/22/w...
"The convergence of genomic data and AI has exposed the limits of the right to be forgotten in both the legal framework and technical reality."

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Why AI Cannot Forget Genomic Data | Stanford Law School
The right to be forgotten is becoming increasingly difficult to enforce in practice for genomic data trained on Artificial Intelligence (AI) models. O
law.stanford.edu
May 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(April 18, 2026) Dutch insurer Univé adds cyberbullying coverage to home insurance policies
nltimes.nl/2026/04/18/d...

"Under the expanded coverage, the policy reimburses costs related to reputational harm—such as hiring specialists to remove/correct harmful online content"

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Dutch insurer Univé adds cyberbullying coverage to home insurance policies
Roughly 620,000 people in the Netherlands aged 15 and older have faced online threats or intimidation at least once. Now, a growing wave of cyberbullying among young people has prompted insurer Univé ...
nltimes.nl
April 18, 2026 at 4:17 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 25, 2026) The AI right to unlearn: Reconciling human rights with generative systems
iapp.org/news/a/the-a...

"The right to be forgotten was forged in an era of search engines; the right to unlearn must be crafted for an age of generative systems"

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The AI right to unlearn: Reconciling human rights with generative systems | IAPP
The Cirrus Institute for AI and Data Governance's Nicoletta Kolpakov explores the growing field of research known as machine unlearning: methods that aim to make a large language model forget specific...
iapp.org
March 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 26, 2026) Italy orders Amazon to stop processing sensitive employee data after privacy ruling
dig.watch/updates/ital...

"...investigators found that the company gathered details ranging from health conditions to union involvement."

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Italy orders Amazon to stop processing sensitive employee data after privacy ruling | Digital Watch Observatory
Regulators in Italy blocked Amazon’s use of sensitive employee data, citing excessive surveillance and retention practices that violated EU privacy rules governing workplace information.
dig.watch
March 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 18, 2026) European Data Protection Board (EDPB) identifies challenges hindering the full implementation of the right to erasure
www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-too...

“lack of appropriate internal procedures to handle requests / sufficient information provided to individuals”

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Coordinated Enforcement Action, implementation of the right to erasure by controllers | European Data Protection Board
www.edpb.europa.eu
February 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 20, 2026) Remember me not: Resisting algorithmic memory
www.openglobalrights.org/remember-me-...

"Forgettability is ultimately about agency—not erasing history, but restoring the freedom to move beyond past and current harms"

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Remember me not: Resisting algorithmic memory
The human right to be forgotten is essential to protecting privacy and agency.
www.openglobalrights.org
February 22, 2026 at 8:10 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 19, 2026) [Indian] Supreme Court stays order invoking the “Right to Be Forgotten” for removal of news reports & judicial records from the public domain
internetfreedom.in/supreme-cour...

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Supreme Court stays order invoking the “Right to Be Forgotten” for removal of news reports & judicial records from the public domain
The impugned directions, issued on the basis of a purported “right to be forgotten”, had the effect of erasing publicly accessible court records and news reports from the digital public domain.
internetfreedom.in
February 22, 2026 at 8:03 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 17, 2026) Meta Patents AI to Run Accounts of Dead Users
techweez.com/2026/02/17/m...
"The most uncomfortable question grief tech forces us to ask isn’t about technology at all but about control. Specifically, who has control over your digital self once a person is dead?"

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Meta Patents AI to Run Accounts of Dead Users
Meta has patented AI to manage accounts of deceased users, creating digital personas that continue posting and interacting after death.
techweez.com
February 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 16, 2026) Surge in Polish requests to remove search results:
www.polskieradio.pl/395/7789/Art...

"Poland now ranks seventh in the European Union for such requests. About half of the submissions to Google are approved"

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Surge in Polish requests to remove search results: daily
Poles are increasingly asking for online content about them to be removed from search results, the Rzeczpospolita daily reported on Monday, citing figures from Google.
www.polskieradio.pl
February 17, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Kieran Forde
mcsweeneys.net
"Rather than building courses through faculty expertise or disciplinary knowledge, faculty gather complaints from alums now trying to get real jobs, feed those complaints into AI, and allow the system to revise the course accordingly."
The Next Innovation in Higher Education: Vibe-Teaching™
As the associate vice provost for the Office of Asynchronous Online Courses for Student-Centered High-Impact Learning (OAOCSCHIL, an office we crea...
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Jan 30, 2026) Privacy is a human right, not a casualty of Kenya’s digital future
www.amnestykenya.org/privacy-is-a...

"The focus should be on ensuring that the core human right to privacy is never sacrificed for progress."

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PRIVACY IS A HUMAN RIGHT, NOT A CASUALTY OF KENYA'S DIGITAL FUTURE - Amnesty Kenya
Digital surveillance refers to the use of technology to monitor, intercept, collect, and analyze digital communications and metadata.
www.amnestykenya.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:30 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Feb 3, 2026) Türkiye acts to protect children’s privacy with proposed ‘right to be forgotten’
www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkiye-acts...

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Türkiye acts to protect children’s privacy with proposed ‘right to be forgotten’ - Türkiye News
Türkiye’s parliamentary subcommittee on children’s rights has called for legal recognition of the “right to be forgotten” to protect children’s privacy in the digital age, warning that parents’ social...
www.hurriyetdailynews.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:27 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
Unmasking EdTech's Surveillance Infrastructure in the Age of AI
www.techpolicy.press/unmasking-ed...

"For the 62 million students whose records were exposed, the breach is not an incident with a defined endpoint. It is an ongoing condition of vulnerability that will persist throughout their lives"
Unmasking EdTech's Surveillance Infrastructure in the Age of AI
Danai Nhando discusses how the PowerSchool breach, which exposed 62M student records, reveals systemic edtech data governance failures.
www.techpolicy.press
February 8, 2026 at 4:06 PM
kieranforde.bsky.social
(Jan 23, 2026) Google's work in schools aims to create a 'pipeline of future users,' internal documents say
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/google-schools-aims-pipeline-future-users-internal-documents-rcna255175

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Google’s work in schools aims to create a ‘pipeline of future users,’ internal documents say
A major lawsuit revealed details of Google's business motivations to get its products into schools. A Google spokesperson said the documents "mischaracterize our work."
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM