What should governance reconsider as digital technologies change? | Science
In 1998, a Spanish newspaper published notices about a property auction connected to the social-security debts of Mario Costeja González. Years later, although the proceedings had long been resolved, the notices were still easy to find through a Google search of his name. The underlying newspaper archive had not changed. The technology for finding it had. Search engines had created new capabilities and raised new concerns, which over time introduced new legal questions and rules whose meaning and implementation continue to evolve. Now the information environment is changing again. Does the rise of generative AI mean the law needs to change again? Perhaps. But the question bundles together different things that might, or might not, need changing: the underlying purpose, the legal rule, or how that rule is put into practice. The “right to be forgotten” offers a useful case through which to examine this broader problem.
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