Mr. Seemy has been discussing an upcoming election with his students. He is still undecided about which candidate he will support even though the campaign is nearing its end. He is unhappy about some ugly comments one of the candidates wrote on a social media site. Even though the comments were made 10 years ago, the candidate’s opponent is displaying the information and is claiming that it is an important issue of ethics for voters to consider.

Mr. Seemy doesn’t like the comments, but he also questions whether it’s ethical to dig through a candidate’s old posts. He wonders what his students think about the issue, so he creates the following survey.

Take the survey yourself, and then compare your responses with those of your classmates and discuss the differences in your answers.

Discussion Question:

When you use social media, do you ever decide not to display something because it might come back to haunt you later on? Explain.