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		szierk on July 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wayback Machine points to pro-Russia rebels in dow... It's apples and oranges. The right to be forgotten usually doesn't refer to things adults unanonymously post to social networking sites and similar forums.

dredmorbius on July 18, 2014 [–]

There's an explicit exception for a compelling public interest in the information as well.

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