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Teenager on phone using a laptop outdoors.

Teenager on phone using a laptop outdoors.

‘The Right to be Forgotten’: Should Teens’ Social Media Posts Disappear as They age?

Irina Raicu, director of the Internet Ethics Program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by The Washington Post.

“We’re so worried about what we say and how it might be interpreted or misinterpreted or read in the context that’s changed 10, 20 years from now,” said Irina Raicu, director of the Internet Ethics Program at the Center at Santa Clara University. “That’s not the kind of society that encourages human flourishing.”

“Should we judge people for who they are now or who they were, years or decades ago?” asked Raicu. “I think we do need to allow for the possibility of people growing and changing.”

Irina Raicu, director of the Internet Ethics Program at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by The Washington Post. 

Jun 14, 2021
Ethics
media,internet