Privacy


As new media platforms continue to enable us to voice our own thoughts and opinions on a wide range of trending topics, we’ve not only gained the benefit to entertain and inspire the minds of numerous individuals, but have also, simultaneously, continued to ramp up the risks of giving up our own privacy to the rest of the world. As shown in Jessica Taylor’s article “Attack Ad Marks New Era for Millennials Running for Office,” the credentials of a young democrat named Jon Ossoff had been severely damaged when a superPAC aligned with GOP leadership had released earlier footage of him dressed as Han Solo in a Star Wars parody regarding his college’s alcohol policy. As a result, the public, rather than taking him in as a serious politician, had labeled him instead as a “spoiled frat boy” with no regard for actual political activities. With new media continuing to evolve, we need to learn how to also make better decisions in regards to what type of content we are posting online. Even if the content is old, if it somehow disrespects a certain topic or community, it may eventually come back to tarnish your reputation as it did for Jon Ossoff.


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  1. UnknownNovember 16, 2018 at 11:43 AM

    Hey Josh,
    That was a very interesting article that you mentioned. What Jon did in the past, came back to haunt him, which is something we see more and more of as our history online becomes more intertwined with our life. How we can make better decisions is one approach but also, how we can make people more aware of privacy settings or less sensitive to what people did when they were young is another. I especially think that what happened in this case was uncalled for, as they dug up something that happened which is irrelevant to the character of a person, tarnishing his image.

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