You’ve heard all the stories by now, about the intern fired for a tweet; the college admissions officers who check out social media sites before sending offer letters; the HR folks who track data about potential job candidates. But a tidy, G-rated Facebook profile isn’t enough to guarantee a job offer anymore. Data is becoming a bigger part of corporate and academic decision-making, and America’s youth need to know that the trail they leave online — the sites they visit, the photos they share, the purchases they make – promises to follow them for a long time to come.
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To read the original article: Why America’s kids need a national Digital Citizenship curriculum | VentureBeat | Business | by Devindra Hardawar
