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Takedowns, Fresh Starts, and Right to Be Forgotten

Date: February 18, 2021

Does the Boston Globe’s “Fresh Start” policy, which allows people to ask the newspaper to takedown coverage of them, herald a new attitude toward online content? What led to this and similar new policies? How are they implemented? Will voluntary takedowns have any legal impact? With Jason Tuohey, Boston Globe, Managing Editor - Digital; Dan MacLeod, Bangor Daily News, Managing Editor; Philip Corbett, New York Times, Standards Editor; Kelly McBride, NPR, Public Editor.

Does the Boston Globe’s “Fresh Start” policy, which allows people to ask the newspaper to takedown coverage of them, herald a new attitude toward online content? What led to this and similar new policies? How are they implemented? Will voluntary takedowns have any legal impact? With Jason Tuohey, Boston Globe, Managing Editor - Digital; Dan MacLeod, Bangor Daily News, Managing Editor; Philip Corbett, New York Times, Standards Editor; Kelly McBride, NPR, Public Editor.