UK Campaign Wants 18-Year-Olds To Be Able To Delete Embarrassing Online Past

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @06:07PM from the internet-never-forgets dept.

An anonymous reader writes: People should be allowed to delete embarrassing social media posts when they reach adulthood, UK internet rights campaigners are urging. The iRights coalition has set out five rights which young people should expect online, including being able to easily edit or delete content they have created, and to know who is holding or profiting from their information. Highlighting how campaigners believe adults should not have to bear the shame of past immaturity, iRights also wants children to be protected from illegal or distressing pages; to be digitally literate; and be able to make informed and conscious choices.

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Re:No by wues · 2015-07-29 01:17 · Score: 5, Informative

This is indeed by Lem. No idea about English translation, but in Polish it was published as short story "Profesor DoÅda" in the volume "Maska" ("The Mask") in 1976. The idea was that energy, matter and information are all equivalent and if you reach critical amount of information it will turn to matter, forming a new Universe separate from ours. The story is grotesque and really funny.