California's Teenager Eraser Law

[Gracie]

Teens Get Online 'Eraser Button' With New California Law

Your thoughts on this?

California teens get an online "eraser button" under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday.

The law makes California the first state to require websites to allow people younger than 18 to remove their own postings on that website, and to clearly inform minors how to do so.

"Kids and teens frequently self-reveal before they self-reflect," Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, told The Huffington Post. "In today's digital age, mistakes can stay with and haunt kids for their entire life. This bill is a big step forward for privacy rights, especially since California has more tech companies than any other state."

The law is meant to help protect teens from bullying, embarrassment and harm to job and college applications from online posts they later regret. In a 2012 Kaplan survey of college admissions counselors, nearly a quarter said they checked out applicants' social networking. Of those counselors, 35 percent said what they found -- including included vulgarities, alcohol consumption and “illegal activities” -- negatively affected applicants' admissions chances.

 

[Noomi]

I wish I had such an option.

 

[Gracie]

lol. Me too!

 

[Politico]

Sorry no do overs.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Teens Get Online 'Eraser Button' With New California Law

Your thoughts on this?

California teens get an online "eraser button" under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday.

The law makes California the first state to require websites to allow people younger than 18 to remove their own postings on that website, and to clearly inform minors how to do so.

"Kids and teens frequently self-reveal before they self-reflect," Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, told The Huffington Post. "In today's digital age, mistakes can stay with and haunt kids for their entire life. This bill is a big step forward for privacy rights, especially since California has more tech companies than any other state."

The law is meant to help protect teens from bullying, embarrassment and harm to job and college applications from online posts they later regret. In a 2012 Kaplan survey of college admissions counselors, nearly a quarter said they checked out applicants' social networking. Of those counselors, 35 percent said what they found -- including included vulgarities, alcohol consumption and “illegal activities” -- negatively affected applicants' admissions chances.

My thoughts are that California has the largest concentration of people who understand the internet, and that no one in Sacramento talks to them.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I wish I had such an option.

It is called not posting stupid drivel next to your high school year book photo, you should try it some time.

 

[jon_berzerk]

Teens Get Online 'Eraser Button' With New California Law

Your thoughts on this?

California teens get an online "eraser button" under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday.

The law makes California the first state to require websites to allow people younger than 18 to remove their own postings on that website, and to clearly inform minors how to do so.

"Kids and teens frequently self-reveal before they self-reflect," Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, told The Huffington Post. "In today's digital age, mistakes can stay with and haunt kids for their entire life. This bill is a big step forward for privacy rights, especially since California has more tech companies than any other state."

The law is meant to help protect teens from bullying, embarrassment and harm to job and college applications from online posts they later regret. In a 2012 Kaplan survey of college admissions counselors, nearly a quarter said they checked out applicants' social networking. Of those counselors, 35 percent said what they found -- including included vulgarities, alcohol consumption and “illegal activities” -- negatively affected applicants' admissions chances.

good luck with that

 

[American_Jihad]

Maybe Jerry Brown wants to erase the coweefornia debt. Could you imagine if they had that in DC...

 

[Againsheila]

I wouldn't have passed it, but since it's already been passed and signed, all the other states need the same law.

Just think it would save the asses of the 300 people that trashed the house in New York and tweeted about it during the party.

 

[National Socialist]

Anyone who thinks they can literally erase what they do on the internet is fooling themselves.

 

[Noomi]

I wish I had such an option.

It is called not posting stupid drivel next to your high school year book photo, you should try it some time.

Teenagers are impulsive, I am sure you recall being a teenager once?

 

[Wildman]

I wish I had such an option.

just don't type shit you are not proud of

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I wish I had such an option.

It is called not posting stupid drivel next to your high school year book photo, you should try it some time.

Teenagers are impulsive, I am sure you recall being a teenager once?

I never posted stupid comments next to my picture, did I?

 

[Againsheila]

I just keep think it's convenient that this happened right at the time 300 kids trashed a former football players house in New York and tweeted about it during and after the party......Now the parents are suing the football player for posting their pictures on the net and asking them to come an clean up their mess.

 

[Asclepias]

I wont matter except for now the general public wont be aware of the comment. They can erase all they want and someone is still going to have a copy of it somewhere.

 

[Againsheila]

Another thing is how would this affect those tweets on Trayvon Martin's phones? We'd never know about his street fighting and other crimes.

 

[Steven_R]

And if the server for the website isn't in California, then what?

It'll be funny if websites and social media just say "no thanks" and just refuse to register accounts from California ISPs.

 

[bendog]

Thumbs up. Well, that's if I had opposable thumbs.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Teens Get Online 'Eraser Button' With New California Law

Your thoughts on this?

California teens get an online "eraser button" under a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday.

The law makes California the first state to require websites to allow people younger than 18 to remove their own postings on that website, and to clearly inform minors how to do so.

"Kids and teens frequently self-reveal before they self-reflect," Jim Steyer, CEO of Common Sense Media, told The Huffington Post. "In today's digital age, mistakes can stay with and haunt kids for their entire life. This bill is a big step forward for privacy rights, especially since California has more tech companies than any other state."

The law is meant to help protect teens from bullying, embarrassment and harm to job and college applications from online posts they later regret. In a 2012 Kaplan survey of college admissions counselors, nearly a quarter said they checked out applicants' social networking. Of those counselors, 35 percent said what they found -- including included vulgarities, alcohol consumption and “illegal activities” -- negatively affected applicants' admissions chances.

My thoughts are that California has the largest concentration of people who understand the internet, and that no one in Sacramento talks to them.

the people in the Cal Legislature dont talk to anyone but themselves.....they dont talk to the Gov. unless he is behind what they want...