Irish Examiner view: Dangers of deleting digital history

It gives us no great satisfaction to point to the accuracy of our prediction, made in 2017, that society was sleepwalking into an era where digital records will be removed to protect reputation and vested interests

Sean Quinn, whose family has succeeded in having 55 items published by the 'Irish Examiner' delisted by the Google search engine. File picture

Back in 2017 as the pan-European data laws were grinding relentlessly into place we warned that society was sleepwalking into an era where digital records will be rewritten, disguised, and removed to protect reputation and vested interests.

It gives us no great satisfaction to point to the accuracy of this prediction by reporting that the family of former billionaire Sean Quinn has succeeded in having 55 items published by the Irish Examiner concerning some court cases and separate coverage of various activities delisted by the Google search engine.