In the article titled, "They loved your GPA, then they saw your Tweets" by Natasha Singer in the New York Times, it says how colleges look through your social media to find out more about you. But when they do this, around 30% of high schoolers have been affected negatively by this. It has also been somewhat of a controversy too, since it could possibly violate your right to privacy.
Some things that surprised me in the article, was the overall topic of the article. I had never thought that they would look through applicants social media, but it would make sense, as that is where teenagers are most open. It also surprised me that students would post such offense things online, as it never goes away, even if you delete it.
Some questions I had were, is it illegal to do that? People do have a right to privacy, and even if their account is open to the public, wouldn't they still need consent from the applicant that it's okay to go on there? Or if they did find something offensive, at least talk to the applicant about it? I'm in no way saying it's right to post offensive things online, I'm just wondering if it violates any rights to privacy.
My parents always told me to be careful of what I post online, and I have. I never am rude or make rude comments to anyone on social media. Plus I don't really use my social media all that often either. Therefore, this doesn't really change my veiw points on my own social media but people definitely have to watch what they post.
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