Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Search engines are great for finding things on the web. But what if they are finding things that you don’t want to be found? And what if those things include negative content about you that is either old or untrue? It can be difficult to impossible to remove the offending content from the web. But a growing movement makes it seem like it may be possible—or easier—someday soon to at least remove these kind of things from search results. After all: if nobody can find something, does it really exist?
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
Search engines are great for finding things on the web. But what if they are finding things that you don’t want to be found? And what if those things include negative content about you that is either old or untrue? It can be difficult to impossible to remove the offending content from the web. But a growing movement makes it seem like it may be possible—or easier—someday soon to at least remove these kind of things from search results. After all: if nobody can find something, does it really exist?
Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).
Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.
