[ba-liberty] Re: libertarian analyses of license plate cams?
- From: Joe Dehn <jwd3@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ba-liberty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 22:33:58 -0700
On 2021-09-22 22:01, Jeff Chan wrote:
On Wednesday, September 22, 2021, 9:04:46 PM, Adam Petty wrote:
You raise interesting questions here about the Right to be Forgotten.
I
suspect this will become a significant social conversation in the
United
States in the coming years. (We can only guess which side Left and
Right
will respectively take at that time.) I would love to hear some
liberty-informed dialogue both for and against, if anyone else wants
to
chime in.
There can be no "right to be forgotten" for the same reason there can be
no "right to health care" -- in each case this supposed "right" can only
be implemented by using force to take away the rights of some other
person.
In order for me to have the "right to be forgotten", I have to be able
to use (directly or through government) force to modify your memories,
your papers, or your computer files. Since those things all belong to
you, I have no right to modify them without your consent.
Note that this is already addressed in the LPC Platform, as part of the
"Freedom to Think" plank:
https://lpedia.org/wiki/Document:California_Platform_2021#4._Freedom_to_Think
The right to be forgotten under CCPA is forced by government
on private businesses. It does not apply to governments.
On the other hand, I see no problem with legislation that would apply
this concept _only_ to governmen (and not to private individuals or
businesses). Governments in general have been collecting too much
information, and governments themselves have no "rights", so limiting
government power in this way -- sort of a "sunset law" for government
records -- would be perfectly acceptable and might be helpful.
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