Machine Unlearning: Fighting for the Right to Be Forgotten

Data protection and privacy have been discussed nonstop as more and more people come to realize just how much personal information they are sharing through the countless apps and websites they regularly visit. It's no longer so surprising to see products you've talked about with friends or concerts you've searched on Google promptly appear as advertisements in your social media feeds. And that has many people concerned. Recent government initiatives such as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are designed to protect individuals' data privacy, with a core concept being "the right to be forgotten." The bad news is, it's generally difficult to revoke things that have already been shared online or to properly delete such data.