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Internet & Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control (Spring 2019)
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“Fact Sheet on the Right to be Forgotten Hearing” European Commission (2014).

John Bowers

The right to be forgotten is a hallmark of European internet governance, and, in relation to the United States, a prime example of differing jurisdictional standards. It has since been included under the GDPR. Why might a tech company providing services across multiple jurisdictions – some of which observe the right to be forgotten and some of which do not – choose to enforce the policy across all geographic versions of its platform? Why might it choose not to do so? 

“Fact Sheet on the Right to be Forgotten Hearing” European Commission (2014).

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