'Eraser' law will let California kids scrub online past
Sep 25, 2013
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The first-of-its-kind "eraser button" law, signed Monday by Governor Jerry Brown, will force social media titans such as Facebook, Twitter and Google let minors scrub their personal online history in the hopes that it might help them avoid personal and work-related problems.
The law will take effect on January 1, 2015.
"Kids so often self-reveal before they self-reflect," James Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media, a nonprofit group in San Francisco that pushed for the law, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
"Mistakes can stay with teens for life, and their digital footprint can follow them wherever they go."
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-09-eraser-law-california-kids-online.html#jCp
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And, couldn't we adults use an "Oops!" button?
I doubt very much whether Facebook, Twitter , Google & co have such an eraser function. I also doubt that they can implement it (correctly) before 2015.
Stu
PS: Will the law apply to the NSA too :wry grin: ?
Posted by: Ole Phat Stu | September 26, 2013 at 10:59 PM
Stu--I have just been notified by NSA that I have 23 hours to clean up my online indiscretions - NOT.
Posted by: Cop Car | September 28, 2013 at 02:23 PM