Should there be a ‘right to be forgotten’?

THE VENUE: By the River

The forecast for Sunday is dry and sunny, so we plan to meet outdoors by the river. But things can change so please look out for updates before you leave home. There is no attendee limit. There were no cows last week. I have complained.

Etiquette
Our discussions are friendly and open. We are a discussion group, not a for-and-against debating society. But it helps if we try to stay on topic. And we should not talk over others, interrupt them, or try to dominate the conversation.

There is often a waiting list for places, so please cancel your attendance as soon as possible if you subsequently find you can't come.

WhatsApp groups
We have two WhatsApp groups. One is to notify events, including extra events such as meeting for a meal or a drink during the week which we don't normally put on the Meetup site. The other is for open discussion of whatever topics occur to people. If you would like to join either or both groups, please send a note of the phone number you would like to use to Richard Baron on: website.audible238@passmail.net. (This is an alias that can be discarded if it attracts spam, hence the odd words.)

THE TOPIC: Should there be a ‘right to be forgotten’, on the Internet or more generally?

This week's question is taken from the Oxford philosophy admissions test of November 2014.