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How “right to be forgotten” trended on Hacker News

“Right to be forgotten” was mentioned 5,100 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2018 with 214 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “right to be forgotten” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “right to be forgotten”

1. 1.Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case 642 points · 429 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Google seeks to limit ‘right to be forgotten’ by claiming it’s journalistic 352 points · 319 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Launch HN: Hello (YC S22) – A search engine for developers 273 points · 199 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Europe's top court: people have right to be forgotten on Internet 247 points · 205 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
5. 5.EU's right to be forgotten: Guardian articles have been hidden by Google 233 points · 74 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Ask HN: What Happened to Evernote? 200 points · 274 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Google wins privacy case: ‘Right to be forgotten’ applies only in EU 164 points · 118 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
8. 8.A list of search results omitted due to the “Right to be forgotten” 158 points · 83 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Ask HN: You cannot delete comments posts or your account on HN. Concerned? 135 points · 147 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Lords: right to be forgotten is wrong, unworkable, unreasonable 128 points · 75 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Reflecting on the Right to be Forgotten 128 points · 213 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: Will HN allow account and comment deletions? 126 points · 95 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN

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