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I don't know what culture you come from, but in the US and UK and similarly influenced cultures justice being seen to be done and recorded is a pretty important principle and mechanism against overreach of the state.

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I agree. But it's worth noting that the UK has recently enacted the Right to be Forgotten Law, which plays into this discussion.

Of course, once data is replicated and distributed around, it's very hard to put the genie back into the bottle.

There are significant limits to that, such as juvenile courts.

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