Molly Ringwald on children and social media

I happened on Molly Ringwald's AskMolly piece in the Guardian last week and thought it warrants a mention here. The question posed to her was the following, by a 12 year old girl:

"My teacher wants me to delete an atheist picture from social media. Should I?"

Ringwald's answer includes this very important observation:

"[The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights] contains another section about the right to privacy. It was important enough to include in this screed, yet it’s something we willingly forfeit every day through social media. This might seem hopelessly old-fashioned, but I can’t help feeling you digital natives are basically consenting to your own surveillance."

Read the whole response here.