Cleaning up negativity and the right to oblivion on the Internet

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Cleaning up negativity and the right to oblivion on the Internet

The information confrontation is actively moving from the category of "big politics" into the economic and domestic sphere. In order to pour mud on a competitor or ideological opponent, connections with television, radio, newspapers and magazines are no longer needed. The Internet and social networks have become a kind of "shield and sword" of information warfare. Every day, the global web is filled with false and truthful statements or testimonies that have only one goal - to crush their potential adversary.

OFFICIAL WAY TO CLEAN INFORMATION FIELD
Since January 1, 2016, the so-called "the right to oblivion." "The right to oblivion" is a human right that allows him to demand, under certain conditions, the removal of his personal data from public access through search engines, that is, links to data that, in his opinion, could harm him.

There are three reasons for removing such data from search engines:
1. Information posted on the network is false;
2. posting such information violates applicable law;
3. The information is outdated or irrelevant (older than 3 years).

How the “right to oblivion” is implemented in practice in Russia:
First of all, it should be noted that public information cannot be hidden. For example, officials will not be able to destroy data on their income and real estate. They will also not delete information on bringing citizens to justice or whether they have open enforcement proceedings. This information can be washed out, squeezed out of the first positions of search engines, which we will discuss separately. But, just to remove such information from the websites of official state bodies is impossible.

How should a citizen exercise his right to oblivion?
A citizen whose rights or reputation suffered from false information posted on the network should apply with an official statement or through a special online form to a search engine (Google, Yandex, Rambler, etc.). This statement should contain the following data:
- Name of applicant, passport details, contact information (phone numbers, email address, postal address);
- information about the applicant, which must be deleted from the Internet space;
- link to a page on the Internet where this information is located;
- the basis for stopping the issuance of links by the search system;
- the consent of the applicant with the fact of processing his personal data.

Delete data from Yandex
Delete data from Google
Delete data from Mail.ru
Delete data from Rambler
Delete data from Sputnik
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Now about the timing. After receiving the application, the search engine has 10 working days to clarify the information of the applicant or to ask for additional documents. After providing all the necessary documents, the applicant has 10 days to provide all the required information. Upon receiving them, the search engine operator must remove the link in 10 days. If the search engine has not deleted the required information, you should contact Roskomnadzor with a statement. He will check the grounds for inaction of the search engine and will fine him for 100,000 rubles (for the first time) or 1,000,000 rubles (in case of repeated violation).
In addition to applying your “right to oblivion”, one should not forget that removing a link to a particular material does not automatically entail the removal of the material itself from a particular site. Therefore, do not neglect the official correspondence with the administration of the sites on which the materials defaming you are posted. In the absence of an adequate response on their part to your legitimate requirements - contact the court.

THE WAY OF INFORMATION CONFLICT
Having discovered negative or defamatory information about your person or business on the network, we can state that we are faced with the phenomenon of online propaganda aimed at conveying the required ideas to the population, i.e., forming the necessary informational entities on a certain section of the information space. At the same time, the audience directly targeted by propaganda can be either mass (when the goal is to reach the largest number of people with propaganda) or narrowly targeted (when propaganda covers the immediate surroundings of the victim or specialized social groups).

What to do if at the request of your name on the first pages of search engines there is a page containing information compromising you? To begin with, let’s recall what determines the position of a site in search results. One of the main components of search engine optimization is the keywords that should be contained in the text elements of the promoted page. These are the very keywords by which they will find incriminating evidence on you. Therefore, for persons engaged in public activities or dependent on public opinion, the daily monitoring of the media regarding the appearance of new information about their person should be a mandatory rule.

The site’s position in the search results will depend on a number of factors: publication date, resource age, availability and quality of links to it, uniqueness of texts, presence of SEO-promotion and others. In order to interrupt a negative or defamatory publication, you should post positive or neutral information on a resource that will occupy a higher position in the results according to these parameters. What information can it be? For example, an interview explaining all controversial or critical issues. It can be a banal "white noise" - i.e. publications similar to compromising ones, but with your personal data changed. In this case, the search engine can completely remove duplicate links from the search results.

In addition to whitening yourself, do not forget about your opponents. For example, organize a journalistic investigation into the illegal activities of your opponents. Such actions will make him constantly distracted by the fight against the negative about himself. And you will have more opportunities to cope with the situation. By posting new and interesting negative materials about the enemy, you will automatically squeeze down the positive about him - simply resources with the negative will occupy the top places.

 

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