In Europe, privacy is considered a human right. Online harassment is considered a human rights abuse.
In the U.S., there are few laws protecting us against having our personal data published online, or even collected and sold by data publishers. On the internet, any of us can be impersonated, harassed or the focus of “fake news.”
The personal and professional damages caused by online harassment can be so disruptive that my online reputation management practice supports bringing a version of the “Right to be Forgotten” to America—even though the CDA 230, the law that prevents that, is effectively the source of much of our business. We also support the passage of laws that will better protect the online privacy of U.S. citizens and protect them from anonymous harassment and other forms of hate speech, while through our business we find practical ways to protect them now.
My new article on Medium addresses the reasons why it is time to bring the “Right to Be Forgotten” here.
Read it here: The Case for Bringing the Right to be Forgotten to America.
