In the EU there is a "Right to be forgotten" This was created by Directive 95/46/EC in 2012 as a right to insist that search engines not link to personal data, and subsumed into tech "Right to Erasure" under the GDPR.
To what extent would this allow a public figure or a subject of legitimate news coverage to insist on past coverage being deleted or hidden from public access?
Are there common-law or statutory provisions providing a "Right to be forgotten" or anything similar in the US, or in other countries where the GDPR does not apply, that would permit such hiding or deletion by a legitimate subject of news coverage?
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