Berners-Lee: Europe's 'right to be forgotten' rule is dangerous

Tim Berners-Lee said Europe's rule saying search engines must respect people's desire to fade from the Internet's memory is a bad idea.

"This right to be forgotten -- at the moment, it seems to be dangers...The right to access history is important." Berners-Lee said it's appropriate that false information should be deleted. Information that's true, though, is important for reasons of free speech and history, he said. A better approach to the challenge would be rules that protect people from inappropriate use of older information. An employer could be prohibited from taking into account a person's juvenile crimes or minor crimes more than 10 years old, for example.