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Starting in 2015, social networking sites must allow minors in California to delete their posts, according to a law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown earlier this week.

California State Sen. Darrell Steinberg applauded the governor for signing the legislation, saying that it gives minors "common sense protections" online.

California State Sen. Darrell Steinberg applauded the governor for signing the legislation, saying that it gives minors "common sense protections" online.

This seems like great news for teens, who don't have fully developed brains yet and may post things that they won't want future employers or colleges to see.

Darrell Steinberg, the state senator who proposed the bill, certainly thinks young people should be celebrating. "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," he said in a statement. "They deserve the right to remove this material that could haunt them for years to come."

In theory, this so-called eraser button will mean that impetuous posts will haunt teens no longer. It's a valiant goal, but as some politicians with embarrassing tweets could tell you, "delete" doesn't mean "disappear." (And can we note that those politicians are supposed to have fully developed brains by their ages?)

As the San Francisco Chronicle points out:

"If the underage drinking picture is posted by someone else, for example, it's not covered by the law. If the image is copied and posted to another Web site, that would not be covered, either.

"Web companies also are not required to scrub their servers clean of personal data, just remove the requested item from public viewing. ...

"There's an additional catch: the law doesn't extend to adults who want to go back and delete material they posted as minors."

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This Law Wants To Save Teens' Reputations, But Probably Won't

The Multicultural Center was filled from end to end Wednesday afternoon with students and faculty who wanted to be part of the conversation, When Social Networking Gets Nasty.

Bree McEwan, assistant professor in the department of communication, led the discussion and prefaced her presentation by saying, I am not the kind of person whos going to tell you about social media (and) to stay off of it.

McEwan said she loves to study social media and that she also frequently uses her own Facebook and Twitter accounts.

I think it can do really great things for us in terms of communication, but of course there is a dark side to this, she said.

Social media is user-generated content and that is part of the problem. A corporation is not in control of social media and cannot easily filter out any negative statements; people are the ones using it and who essentially control the content.

Social media is used for a variety of reasons: relational maintenance, impression management, personal branding, social capital, group identification, social persuasion and information seeking to name a few.

If social media can be used for so much good, then why is it so destructive?

One of the problems is due to persistence. According to McEwan, students dont remember that what they say sticks around.

This is permanent; its there, it can be searched long after you decided you dont want to be associated with something anymore, McEwan said.

Another problem is the notion of replicability. McEwan began this discussion by asking the audience how many people have their privacy settings set up on their Facebook pages or Twitter accounts. The majority of the audience raised their hands.

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When social networking gets nasty

At a time when West Nile virus is still a potential killer, health officials are worried that a reorganization plan by the Morris County Freeholders will cut mosquito control efforts.

The freeholders plan to eliminate the all-volunteer, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission and fold the paid staff into the county public works department.

The proposed reorganization is expected to go into effect after the freeholders January reorganization.

The plan comes not long after a 92-year-old county resident died earlier in the month after contracting West Nile disease.

Infected mosquitoes were first discovered on Aug. 1 at Donatoni Community Park on West Main Street in Rockaway. A week later, the park and surrounding woods, path and access road were treated by the mosquito commission.

As of earlier this month, mosquitoes carrying West Nile have been found in 22 pools, or collections of about 50 tested mosquitoes, in Morris County out of more than 250 tests performed this year.

Morris County Freeholder David Scapicchio, former mayor of Mount Olive, said the reorganization wont affect mosquito control programs but it will save money.

Nothing is changing other than were folding the office responsibilities into public works, Scapicchio said.

Scapicchio said that as part of the savings, the county will have to complete just one audit for both the mosquito control commission and the public works department.

Other potential savings are expected through centralized purchasing, vehicle inspection and licensing.

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Morris County Officials bugged over plan

At a time when West Nile virus is still a potential killer, health officials are worried that a reorganization plan by the Morris County Freeholders will cut mosquito control efforts.

The freeholders plan to eliminate the all-volunteer, Morris County Mosquito Extermination Commission and fold the paid staff into the county public works department.

The proposed reorganization is expected to go into effect after the freeholders January reorganization.

The plan comes not long after a 92-year-old county resident died earlier in the month after contracting West Nile disease.

Infected mosquitoes were first discovered on Aug. 1 at Donatoni Community Park on West Main Street in Rockaway. A week later, the park and surrounding woods, path and access road were treated by the mosquito commission.

As of earlier this month, mosquitoes carrying West Nile have been found in 22 pools, or collections of about 50 tested mosquitoes, in Morris County out of more than 250 tests performed this year.

Morris County Freeholder David Scapicchio, former mayor of Mount Olive, said the reorganization wont affect mosquito control programs but it will save money.

Nothing is changing other than were folding the office responsibilities into public works, Scapicchio said.

Scapicchio said that as part of the savings, the county will have to complete just one audit for both the mosquito control commission and the public works department.

Other potential savings are expected through centralized purchasing, vehicle inspection and licensing.

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Mount Olive Officials: Cost-saving measure could cut mosquito control

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