TOBY SHAPSHAK: A warning to those involved in Gupta scandal: the Internet never forgets
When the Zuptas have gone, a lot of parasites will be looking for work. But their crimes will be remembered
There’s a fascinating ethical debate unfolding in Europe as EU lawmakers tackle Google about the so-called "right to be forgotten".
If you did something in life that was picked up by a search engine and the circumstances have now changed, European law allows you to request that those search results be deleted. Like all ethical laws, there are terms and conditions — you may have got yourself into debt but have now paid it off — but you should be allowed to ask the Internet to forget you. Or, more specifically, to ask search engines to no longer index those results that name you. But here’s the thing — especially if you’re a corrupt government minister or, it seems, anyone who has done business with the Guptas — the Internet never forgets.History will look back on cabinet ministers such as Malusi Gigaba and Bathabile Dlamini and remember them in a harsh light. This applies even more to Brian Molefe, Ben Ngubane, Duduzane Zuma and the stooges who have bent to the corrupt will of Jacob Zuma. Their actions will never go away. All it takes is a Google search to unveil their dastardly deeds. Google the Passenger Rail A...
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