Monday 31 March 2014

Your online freedom is worth fighting for, isn't it?

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"What might the thousands of words and images sent out by a teenager today be used for decades down the line, not to mention the gigabytes of data representing their recorded actions and preferences?" 

There are agencies that help in dealing with online protection. For example if you need your identity removed from any sites, for example news stories or pictures that have been uploaded without your permission, for a price they will help working on getting it deleted. - Reputation.com

However, there is always risk of the 'Streisand effect' - spreading what you don't want to draw notice to around the internet. 

In the 1990s a man call Mario Costeja had financial problems and had to sell his house to pay off a debt, this ended up in the news and this information was the first thing that would come up when you Googled his name. The information was misleading and has ruined his reputation socially and professionally.

How do you know whatever has been posted hasn't been copied by someone already? So if you think you have deleted it, it probably hasn't completely deleted from the internet.

How do justify information being taken down from a website when you have posted yourself?
For example, pictures from when you were younger.
People change - but is that a valid excuse?

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