Do people have the right to be forgotten?

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  1. News Readers

    News Readers The Paperboy

    Very good editorial on deleting online reports of past misdeeds:


    Do people have the right to be forgotten?

    The internet never forgets. But should it? It’s a question that I actually have to deal with on a fairly regular basis. Not weekly and I’d say not even monthly, but several times per year, I get emails from people who send me a link and want something removed from kpcnews.com. This week, I actually got two such requests — one from a woman who was arrested on meth charges in Kendallville back in 2008 and another from a woman who ended up in a jail booking listing in Whitley County in 2019. Most often, the requests we get are ...


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  2. Speakthetruth

    Speakthetruth Registered Member

    I personally believe people have the right to be forgotten. There are so many people in this world that get arrested off of speculation and accusations. Arresting people for something is easier than ever. Especially, when it comes to teachers. They are quick to assume things just to save them from a lawsuit. I believe that if you go through the court process and are found not guilty/acquitted of your charges you should be allowed to have your stuff taken off the internet.

     
  3. Luis C.

    Luis C. Registered Member

    Absolutely. Not respecting a dismissed / non-guilty verdict is against the principles that this nation was founded on.
     
  4. kevcam

    kevcam Registered Member

    I definitely believe that some people deserve the right to be forgotten. Every situation is not the same. I know that our society has certain value systems based on specific “bad” things that people do. But I find it extremely unfair and cruel to try to keep a human’s personal Advancement hostage by keeping a story published that the courts say to destroy. The reality is keeping some of these stories up on forums like this is not about a greater good to keep “people” informed, it’s simply about personal gain. Controversial stories get eyes on pages, that’s the bottom line.
    If we think from a more human perspective, people have families to take care, so is it fair to hold someone hostage when all you have to do is press the delete button? Think about it, some of the worst criminals have been forgotten because it was before the age of social media and the internet, while others who may have made embarrassing mistakes may never be forgotten because of forums like this.
     
  5. Luis C.

    Luis C. Registered Member

    That's the generation we're living: the one that cares more about money and prestige over human lives.

    Everyone has a family. This forum and its ideals have no positive function for any facet of society.

    If this post gets erased, at least it served a good cause for anyone who had a chance to read it.
     
  6. Dillon Roberts

    Dillon Roberts Registered Member

    Could an admin please message me it’s of the upmost urgency?
     
  7. william ritter

    william ritter Registered Member

    The individuals that run this site refuse to remover such instances.
     
  8. Dillon Roberts

    Dillon Roberts Registered Member

    My concern is not with this thread it was just the most recent post I need their response asap.
     
  9. Sean Coogle

    Sean Coogle Registered Member

     
  10. Sean Coogle

    Sean Coogle Registered Member

    My name is Timothy Sean Coogle and if you Google my name, it will show some disgusting, wrongful information. The information is totally false. It's a one sided story and I am working to clear my name. I currently have my Case in the appeals court. Please kindly remove my information from your site.
     
  11. Sicario Donna

    Sicario Donna Registered Member

  12. TMP

    TMP Himself

    LOL! Give me a jingle if your pro se appeal succeeds. As the saying goes, only a fool has himself for a lawyer.

    Timothy Sean Coogle is currently a "guest" of the U.S. Federal Bureau of prisons ...

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    ... for: Press Release: North Carolina Man Sentenced to 121 Months -- More than 10 Years -- in Federal Prison for Attempted Enticement of a Minor

    Thursday, May 17, 2018
    For Immediate Release
    U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of West Virginia


    CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A North Carolina man was sentenced today to spend 121 months – more than 10 years -- in federal prison for a federal sex crime involving a minor, announced United States Attorney Mike Stuart. Timothy Sean Coogle, 46, of Lexington, previously pled guilty to attempted enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. U.S. Attorney Stuart commended the investigative efforts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Violent Crimes Against Children Task Force, the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and the FBI in North Carolina.

    “These heinous crimes warrant significant penalties,” said United States Attorney Mike Stuart. “Sexual predators like Coogle that prey on our children need to be behind bars for a long time.”

    Coogle admitted that from August 12, 2017, through September 22, 2017, he used his cell phone and the Internet to attempt to persuade, induce, and entice a minor residing in the Southern District of West Virginia to engage in sexual activity. Specifically, Coogle admitted that he sent messages to a 13-year-old minor female, commenting on a photo of her. The minor’s mother discovered messages from Coogle and contacted law enforcement. Soon after, Coogle began engaging in sexually explicit conversation with a person he believed to be the minor, but was actually an undercover officer. He additionally requested that the person he believed to be the minor send him sexually explicit photos and video footage, and he also sent a sexually explicit video. Coogle admitted that he engaged in all of this communication in order to persuade the person he believed to be the minor to engage in sexual activity when she visited North Carolina.

    Following release from prison, Coogle will be on federal supervised release for a period of 25 years and will be required to register as a sex offender.

    Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Rada Herrald was in charge of the prosecution. The sentencing hearing was held before United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr.

    This case is being prosecuted as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative of the Department of Justice to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse. Led by the United States Attorney’s Offices and the Criminal Division’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute those who sexually exploit children, and to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.justice.gov/psc.
     
  13. Gina Kessee

    Gina Kessee Registered Member

    Yes. Remove the erroneous information with my name, Gina Kessee, immediately. The so-called case was thrown out of court, my teaching license was reinstated. Yet the damage was done as I have no friends anymore, my reputation was ruined, and I am struggling economically. To whom it concerns that manages this forum, PLEASE REMOVE ANY AND ALL INFORMATION ABOUT ME NOW. Why do you delight in punishing a single grandmother about trumped up charges that former students and former administrators attempted to put me
    away for thirty years!