You can never criticise a politician if there's a law that lets anyone control t... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		frabcus on Oct 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Facebook Removing Option To Be Unsearchable By Nam... You can never criticise a politician if there's a law that lets anyone control their own name. Democracy becomes unworkable. Similarly, you can't criticise business leaders or civil servants. So corruption becomes rife.

mattlutze on Oct 11, 2013 [–]

Our lawmakers agree with you, which is why the US has laws specifically excluding public persons (politicians, celebrities, etc.) from being able to claim many breach of privacy violations a normal private citizen is afforded.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact