Paedophile? - And The BBC Wonders Why This Has To Happen?

 15 May 2014 Last updated at 13:16

Politician and paedophile [sic] ask Google to 'be forgotten'

"Google has received fresh takedown requests after a European court ruled that an individual could force it to remove "irrelevant and outdated" search results, the BBC has learned.

An ex-politician seeking re-election has asked to have links to an article about his behaviour in office removed.

A man convicted of possessing child abuse images [IIOC] has requested links to pages about his conviction to be wiped.

And a doctor wants negative reviews from patients removed from the results.

Google itself has not commented on the so-called right-to-be-forgotten ruling since it described the European Court of Justice judgement as being "disappointing"."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27423527

What is the 'right to be forgotten'? 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27394751

Who wants right to be forgotten?

"Spent convictions
 
In the UK, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act allows convictions to be "spent" after a certain period of time. For instance, for anyone sentenced to less than six months in prison, their conviction has become spent after two years. Spent convictions typically do not need to be disclosed to employers, but it's easy to see how a Google search result could void any possible benefit from the act."

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/299916/rehabilitation-of-offenders-guidance.pdf

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-27396981

What ruling says on US/Europe divide 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27421969 

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Ex-MP and convicted paedophile [sic] ask Google to ‘forget’ them

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article4091128.ece

May 16, 2014 - 9:57AM

Google, Microsoft face take-down request overload after European court ruling

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/google-microsoft-face-takedown-request-overload-after-european-court-ruling-20140515-zref2.html

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No one has the right to rewrite history, says Brendan O'Neill in the Sydney Morning Herald http://t.co/1AYmVPTtlX
— spiked (@spikedonline) May 16, 2014

@spikedonline Thing is Brendan, if we lived in an ethical world, where all played by the rules and laws, we would not need this ...
— The OSC (@OSCP12h) May 16, 2014

@spikedonline ... but we do not ... http://t.co/qybbbARjHQ
— The OSC (@OSCP12h) May 16, 2014

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Do Little If Anything To Deter Sex Crimes And Could Actually Lead To An Increase In Offences

02/28/2014

Proposed sex-offender registry will not deter crime, criminal lawyer warns

"They say it's for child sex offenders but we can guarantee you it will not just be those offenders, it will be all ex-offenders.

The Conservative government’s plan to create a publicly-accessible database of child sex offenders will do little if anything to deter sex crimes and could actually lead to an increase in offences, an Ottawa-based defence lawyer warns.

Michael Spratt, who has testified at numerous parliamentary committees on criminal legislation, says the sex registry is being sold as a way to protect children and assist parents, but it is nothing more than “false advertising.”

The Conservative government’s legislation, introduced Wednesday, would create a publicly-accessible database of high-risk child sex offenders. It would also require registered sex offenders to provide more information when they travel abroad and permit more sharing of information between federal agencies.

“Online registries, they’re seductive, they sound like a good idea and they’re easy to sell to the public and they’re an easy position to advertise,” Spratt told CTV’s Canada AM on Friday.

“But if you look at the criminological evidence that has dealt with public registries … that evidence has found that there isn’t a reduce in offence because of the registry, there isn’t a detection in crime because of the registry.”

Spratt says that some studies have actually found that public registries make reintegration of an offender back into society, increasing the chances of a person reoffending.

Spratt, who runs a legal blog, turns to several studies that show what he calls are flaws with registries.

One study that looked at New York’s Sex Offender Registration and Notification Law concluded the registry had little to no impact on reducing sex crimes because most offences are committed by those who have not previously been convicted of one."

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/canada-proposed-sex-offender-registry.html#.UxDC0s7dyuM

http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/proposed-sex-offender-registry-will-not-deter-crime-criminal-lawyer-warns-1.1708077

Thursday, February 27, 2014

CANADA - Public child sex offender database planned

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/canada-public-child-sex-offender.html#.UxDGHc7dyuM

http://metronews.ca/news/canada/954602/public-child-sex-offender-database-planned