http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/10/wo...rgotten&st=cse
This is a difficult one. On the one hand, I can clearly see how the obfuscation of information will be used to benefit the elites and corporations by covering up their crimes. On the other, I can also see this as a push back against the commodification of every thing: every public space, every bit of personal information.
An interesting quote:
"The deputy director of the agency, Jesús Rubí, pointed to the official government gazette, which used to publish every weekday, including bankruptcy auctions, official pardons, and who passed the civil service exams. Usually 220 pages of fine print, it quickly ended up gathering dust on various backroom shelves. The information was still there, but not easily accessible.
Then two years ago, the 350-year-old publication went online, making it possible for embarrassing information — no matter how old — to be obtained easily.
Mr. Rubí said he doubted that anyone meant for the information to haunt citizens forever: “The law obliges us to put this info in the gazette. But I am sure that if the law was written today, lawmakers would say O.K., publish this, but it should not be accessible by a search engine.”