the internet never forgets
the IN-ter-net NEV-er for-GETS
ðə ˈɪntərnɛt ˈnɛvər fəˈɡɛtsListen
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the observation that content published online — posts, photographs, comments, news articles — persists indefinitely in caches, archives, screenshots, and databases even after it has been deleted from its original source, making true erasure of digital content effectively impossible; the phrase captures the asymmetry between the impermanence of human memory and the permanence of digital records, and is invoked as a warning about the reputational risks of posting regrettable content; it also animates the legal and philosophical debates around the right to be forgotten enshrined in EU data protection law, which attempts to give individuals some control over information about them that persists in search engine results and online archives
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