People in the US may soon finally be able to erase themselves from Google

The internet is a fantastic tool for archiving information, but when that information says bad things about your own personal life, character, or past missteps, it can be a huge burden. The "right to be forgotten" concept which took root in Europe about a decade ago seeks to minimize the negative impact the internet's massive wealth of information can have on a person's future by making it easier to have certain private material scrubbed from search engine results. Now, that same idea could