In the past, if you were arrested for a crime it would be published on your local docket and forgotten with time. The evidence would still exist in public records but get lost in physical archives. Now, if you were arrested for a crime and an article about it was published online, people may never forget. Do you have the right to be forgotten? Even if the crime was a decade prior and you have turned over a new leaf, if someone searched your name on Google the article will likely be found. In such a situation, the past mistake may be irrelevant to your current life. What if you were wrongly accused of a crime and an article was published? Regardless of your innocence, future employers and anyone interested in your past can see the article.
Personally, I fear a future where mistakes are not forgiven. People should have the right to control information about them if it is irrelevant and harmful to their life.
I like the idea of this post and i totally agree, the future of information is incredibly freighting. One piece of advice I have is to add more visuals into this post. This reads more like an essay or article and could use some visual aid to help it. One example could be to include a screenshot of searching someones name and seeing all the negative articles and websites about that person. Maybe something like a bad Instagram post of someone at a party, something you wouldn't want a potential employer to see.
ReplyDeleteWow, I actually had never thought about this before. I think you make really interesting points, but I think you should make more of an argument. Why is this important? Are there any real life cases you can bring up to prove your point? Some would argue that it's a good thing that these records are not erased. Why do you think employers should not be able to see past articles? This is an interesting point that I think would benefit from putting in more of an argument.
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ReplyDeleteThe topic and title of the post is very interesting. People always say, "once it's on the internet, it's there forever" but most people never stop and think about how that could potentially impact their lives. I feel you could perhaps back up some arguments by providing sources, such as news articles, of times where data posted online in the past affected someone currently. The post would greatly benefit from providing real life examples of how damaging this idea could potentially be.
It is an interesting point of view. I agree with you that when we try to use the internet to learn about a person, the information online may not represent this person's current life. Instead of "Floridi", it would be better to reference the full name.
ReplyDeleteIt's insane to think of how much data is created everyday, I mean, I can't even imagine the size of 2.5 quintillion bytes. Your blog post was interesting to read from the get go, not too long and I feel it was wrapped up nicely. A couple things I noted that would perhaps make it even better would be to, as Hayden said maybe add a couple of visual aids, just to help the reader picture whats going on. Maybe in the form of a picture, or a short video embedded. Another thing I noted was that you could add a link for the data produced per day claim, in case a reader wanted to look further into it. In any case, it was a pleasure to read.
ReplyDeleteHello Ruth, I like your perspective of committing the crime, and I think you are absolutely right! In this information world, data is preserved pretty much permanently and used to predict everything. It is very scary for criminals who go back to society knowing his crime will be brought up anytime. One suggestion I could give is try to provide one or two specific examples in your blog, and it would definitely make your blog looks better.
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