A new law that will give children "rights to be forgotten" will be enforced in California

ByTerrance Heath

Since information diffuses all over the world on the Internet, it is practically impossible to delete all the information once spread. For this reason, posted on Facebook and Twitter"Being young" is wholly haunting for that person for the rest of his life, There is even a danger that life will change drastically at times. In order to solve this problem, what has been proposed in recent years is "Right to be forgottenHowever, California children are likely to have this right in the near future.

Bill Text - SB - 568 Privacy: Internet: minors.
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB568

Governor Signs Steinberg Bill Protecting Minors' Privacy on the Internet | Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg
http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/news/2013-09-23-governor-signs-steinberg-bill-protecting-minors-privacy-internet

Soon, California kids will have the right to delete things they said online | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/09/soon-california-kids-will-have-the-right-to-delete-things-they-said-online/

To the web companies and application developers "to give children under the age of 18" the right "to delete the content uploaded to the net" submitted by Mr. Darrell Steinberg of California extraordinary Senate About Senate Bill No 568 / SB 568, it is almost decided that Jerry Brown Governor signed it and will be enforced from January 1, 2015. The content of SB 568 states that "the web service provider is able to delete minuses who are registered users of the service, how to delete the posted information, or how (if the service provider wishes) It must clearly state on the website, online service, online application, mobile application whether to inform the provider of the deletion request ".

Steinberg said about the law "It gives the right to remove" stupid remarks "that will continue to exist on the Internet for many years, and children who tend to post indiscriminate messages without thinking too much about the results It will be a pioneering law that gives protection to them. "

ByMrs TeePot

However, there are legal experts who point out that the wording of the law is given escape. "Stupid saying removal right" is part of the provision of the law on privacy rights in the digital world, and the subject is said to be "a site for minors (people under the age of 18 in the US)", but " It is not clear what kind of site the site for adults refers to. It is unclear whether Facebook or Twitter open to all ages is a site for minors and it is not clear if these services are bound by this law's compliance.

Emma Langzo, a lawyer at the Democracy and Technology Center, said, "Even if you understand that SB 568 was designed under a sublime philosophy, the law, which focuses on the site for minors, is subject to obligation There is no choice but to worry about leaving room to expand even for popular sites for young people over the age.This uncertain law allows web service providers to provide content and services for young people I am concerned that he will hesitate. "

It is also pointed out that it is not clear how much minors are protected by the law because of the technical problem that deleting all data from the Internet is actually difficult. In response to this point, Professor Woodrow Hartlog of Faculty of Law at Samford University said, "Whether the new law is not perfect, there is better than not, as there are many exceptional cases where problem posts can not be deleted From that, we can not immediately assume that this law is a failure.In order to protect a minor, there is no need to remove any piece of information from the Internet and only the most visible and most visible information Rather it may be that you understand the inaccuracy of the content, depending on the information on the site that is not popular and forgotten by the public.

ByShavar Ross.com

It is still over a year ago, but it is noteworthy how SB 568 is operated and how it will produce results.