TY - JOUR AU - Salarelli, Alberto PY - 2013/11/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Right to be forgotten and online newspapers archives: some considerations on social memory in our times JF - JLIS.it JA - JLIS.it VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - 10.4403/jlis.it-14 UR - https://www.jlis.it/index.php/jlis/article/view/228 SP - 1-20 AB - <p>Inspired by a recent decision of the Italian Data Protection Authority, the article examines the issues related to the right to be forgotten in relation to the newspapers archives available on the Internet.<br />This particular case is presented as a concrete example of the need to find a form of balance between the right to privacy and the right to historical research; it is also a particularly significant example of how the concept of memory is changing in the contemporary world.<br />The article ends with a proposal for a more controlled access to online newspapers archives, not for the purpose of censoring the documents contained in them, but to inform users about the legal consequences of their activity.</p> ER -