Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Eraser Button

We all in some ways have experienced the embarrassing Soical Media posts. It could be a picture on Facebook, Twitter or even pinterest. Unfortunately with the development of social media over the years we have also seen Social Media used for bullying or embarrassing other teens. There has never been an erase button in place to delete these embarrassing posts or photos. Well not anymore, or at least in California for Minors. Governor Jerry Brown of California passed a Bill into law on Monday , requiring websites to remove and post notice of removal when requested by a minor. “This is a groundbreaking protection for our kids who often act impetuously with postings of ill-advised pictures or messages before they think through the consequences," Steinberg said in a statement released Monday. "They deserve the right to remove this material that could haunt them for years to come." Minors act sometimes without thinking and the eraser button can help if that mistake is made. One wrong post or photo upload and this can haunt the minor for the rest of their life. I believe that the bill can help in some instances but Minors also need to learn lessons. Not to just post whatever they want and then erase it off. With social media growing and growing some boundaries need to be set for minors in terms of Social Media sites. The eraser button is a partial solution for embarrassing posts but maybe reinforcing bad behavior to begin with.

New California Law Lets Teens Press 'Eraser Button' Online
http://mashable.com/2013/09/24/california-law-delete-posts/



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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2013 at 4:12 PM

    This is great in principle, but as the saying goes "you can not unring a bell". Unfortunately. once a photo is published on the web, it exists somewhere for eternity. Who knows how many times it has been downloaded and saved. I agree with your comment about teaching responsibility, and too hope it does not cause an attitude of "who cares, I can just erase it"
    Snapchat, a very popular app with teens had that very appeal. Later we find out, the pics could be saved and where archived deep in the receiving devices file system.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2013 at 10:18 AM

    I am thinking much like Stephen here when I comment. I can see the positives for the erase button but I can also see that this may lead to the possibility that now some will take advantage of this and post things they may have not posted before due to the fact they can erase it. The treat of expelled from school or actual law involvement when threats and bullying has been made keeps some twerps from posting things. Now that they can erase it I could see something like a text going out telling everyone to look "what they posted" and remove it later.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2013 at 9:28 AM

    That is great - other states should follow suit - Stephen Lilly makes a good point "you can not unring a bell." So, does that mean it isn't really erased or just that the damage has already been done? Kids are mean and will always do stuff like this to embarrass some kids but the ones who really are disturbed by this and become suicidal or actually commit suicide are so sad and are the ones who get hurt - how sad that this is playing out this way on SM.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 6:29 AM

    This was a very interesting article to write about. I think an "eraser button" should be available for EVERYONE, not just minors. Things get posted all the time that probably shouldn't have - no matter what the reason (drunk, upset, revenge, or just by mistake). I guess we can't control who sees the posts/photos, but an option to erase it would be a great start.

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