The article, "The Web Means the End of Forgetting" by Jeffrey Rosen was featured in the NYTimes in 2010. It's about how, on the the Internet, nothing is forgotten, due to the fact all things posted are never truly gone. The author discusses internet privacy at a length to prove his point. For example, he brings up a women who was legally drinking at a party, but, because of her teaching position of underage teens, she was fired from her position. This issue brings up many concerns within the work-internet relationship. Microsoft did a survey of job recruiters in the United States and it was found that 75% do online research about job candidates before bringing them in for an interview. That being said, they author went on to include a fact about a 60 year old Canadian man who was turned away at the border because of an LSD experiment that happened thirty years ago. The author also uses many things to trigger the emotions of the reader about internet privacy, saying that, "Without forgetting, forgiving becomes a difficult undertaking." This is regarding how nothing on the internet truly goes away, and without it going away, it never can be forgiven.

To further prove his point, I have delved into his credibility. He brings up different people who have credibility, such as Paul Ohm, a law professor at the University of Colorado, and Daniel Solove of George Washington University. Beside his great points he makes with the different people he includes, Rosen himself has two bachelor's degrees (one from Harvard, the other from Oxford) and a law degree from Yale Law School. He is known for being a great American academic and commentator. All of this, his emotional appeal, his logical appeal, as well as his outstanding credibility go to show that this article is well written, and in my opinion, very persuasive about the topic of internet privacy. Not only does one risk a job opportunity when something foolish is posted on the internet, that person's act of foolery will never be forgotten, because... the web means the end of forgetting.