Today, more and more people are using internet. Compared to 10 years ago, the number of the internet users are more than ten-fold. And the cyber ethics problem is also getting higher by increasing the number of internet users. The most example of the cyber ethics problem is violating privacy and stealing personal information. It is not the another's affair. You may be violated your privacy. If we want to know someone, google may show his information like his ex-girlfriend, his funny photos which he wants to hide. Also by the developing of SNS like facebook or Twitter, finding the person's past is getting easier. Imagine that you posted your embarrassed photos or comments, and facebook has a function that is 'tag'. If your friend posted your funny photos and tag you, your friend and his friend can view that and if they click the 'like', many people who are not familiar with you can view your pictures. And you are hard to delete it. Although you are posted pictures or wrote comments yourself, you may think that it is embarrassing. But if we search on the google, the information about your past lives still existing. So I argue that the right to be forgotten is more necessary than the right to be informed.
In 2010, a Spanish lodged with Spanish Data Protection Agency a complaint against the Spanish newspaper and against Google Spain and Google Inc. He contended that, when an internet user entered his name in the search engine of the Google group, the list of results would display links to two pages of his newspaper of January and March 1998. Those pages in particular contained an announcement for a real-estate auction organised following attachment proceedings for the recovery of social security debts owed by him. With his complaint, The European Court of Justice accepted the right to be forgotten. But the there is controversy that is the right to be forgotten is the real right even though it is not illegal. And there aren't any clear definition of it and the range of guarantee of it. And there are people who support the right to be informed. However we are living in the information age. It is not the exaggeration that information flows so much that we can find individuals' private information. So today society emphasizes on the personal privacy. And also due to the internet's traits, Companies like Google, Facebook or Twitter have to delete information for the personal right. So I argue that the right to be forgotten is more important that the right to be informed for several reasons.
First, We can respect the personal information and privacy. As we know about the European Court of Justice's judgment, it emphasizes on the personal privacy. Actually, since 2004, complaints in the personal information increased about ten-fold. Especially 'using others' information' or ' violating others' private' occupied the largest proportion. We can infer that by developing internet information the more personal information can be stolen. If we wanted to know about one, just searching on the google shows about his information like photos with Ex-girlfriend or what he commented on the internet. Moreover, by increasing the number of facebook users, the personal information is getting more serious problem. In the facebook, there is a tag. If my friend tagged to me on facebook, others even who don't know me can view of it. And teenagers often updated friend's funny photos and tagged him. So it allows to others to see the funny photos even thought they don't know each other and it will remain if he didn't delete his account. Since the provision of internet, the violating privacy is the issue, but we didn't solve it and make it more serious problem in the digital age.
Second, It is essential because of the internet. Even if only a few decades ago, the major media was television, radio, or newspapers. So we don't have to worry about the personal information because the information of individual would be vanished. But by developing computers, the major media industry was changed. It is internet. Unlike other media, internet can save any information and it will not remain if people don't touch it. So we can find article which was published ten years ago. we can benefit because we can find the past article easily, but there are a lot of negative side of it. Internet has two characteristics : imperishability and anonymous. Due to these traits the violating privacy became serious problem. One can find others information on the internet easily using the anonymous ID. It makes the personal information spread occur. Some artists undergoes damage of privacy and their family also undergoes. Also normal people can be damaged because, the informations are spread. So the chance of abusing by hackers is getting higher. In digital world, the personal information is especially important so if we have the right to be forgotten the risk of damaging and hacking will be decreased.
Third, Actually It benefits multitude. After the judgement of European Court of Justice, many people claimed to Google to delete the information. In British, according to BBC, the number of requiring to delete personal information is 145000. and the average is 1000 per day. We can infer that many people hope to hide their past and keep their privacy although the regulation is not complete. So if we accept the right to be forgotten, more and more people would be benefit by keeping their privacy and preventing the personal information.
Some people say that it is the violating the freedom of media. But the law explains that if the media violate the privacy or do defamation, a person can claim to delete the article. And some people say that any culprits can be innocent by deleting their criminal records. But the culprits who reflect seriously can receive forgive and people who commit misdemeanor will suffer forever. According to study people who commit misdemeanor tend to behave that incidentally. So if they reflect seriously they can be excused. So to respect them, the right to be forgotten should be accepted and it is the best thing to prevent violating personal information in the information age.
We are living in the digital world, information age. So we meet the enormous information everyday. But it has negative side. That is the violating privacy and Using personal information. Due to the traits of internet that is imperishability and anonymous the cyber ethical arose serious problem. And anyone have a memory hoping it disappear form the digital world. But by the developing SNS like facebook or Twitter, people hard to keep their privacy. the right to be informed is executing itself but the right to be forgotten is not executing itself. And it is the basic way to keep the privacy and fame. In conclusion, I argue that right to be forgotten should be accepted for people's basic right.
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