PBS Idea Channel

Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten? (3x42)

Air date: Feb 04, 2015

Diamonds are forever, and so is posting to the internet. But sometimes this permanent archive of our lives can come back to haunt us. Some argue that individuals should have the right to delete their pasts, in line with the concept of 'right to oblivion'. Others claim this removal is a form of censorship. So do we have a right to be forgotten?