The right to be forgotten rule comes from the European Union and only affects links to content not content itself, and the UK has reservations about it http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/11036257/Telegraph-stories-affected-by-EU-right-to-be-forgotten.html
Welsh? Last time I checked you can sue for libel anywhere in the UK or in any other Western Liberal Democracy. Marie From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:48:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Amazon petition >This is the problem that I have with the whole notion of 'first amendment = trump card'. If he were British and self-published from a >laptop within the UK then he would be arrested for hate speech, and that would be the end of him and his book(s). Yes, and if English-Welsh law governed Wikipedia he could then sue for libel and have all that reliably-sourced critical material removed regardless of it being truthful, and then make sure that the fact that it was removed cannot be reported in any news article that would show up in search results due to some “’right’ to be forgotten”. Daniel Case _______________________________________________ Gendergap mailing list [email protected] To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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