I guess my liberal side is coming out when I think about that situation described in the article - I personally think it's a little harsh to hold the tweets of a minor child against them when it comes to something life changing like a college scholarship (teach the kid not to do stuff like that if they are on your team, don't just completely write them off when they are a solid athlete). Plus online postings can be so easily misunderstood/misinterpreted.
A grown adult looking for a teaching or coaching job w/ all kinds of photos of them drinking, partying and cursing I understand, but I don't know if it sits too well w/ me that a 16 year old kid could be blacklisted by colleges over a tweet. These are typed words on a cell phone or computer, not crimes.
So a kid could commit an actual crime and have a sealed record cause they are a juvenile and that can be kept private, but a bad tweet can be held against them? Plus in the case of real criminal activity you have a right to an attorney, are inncocent until proven guilty, etc., but someone misinterprets your intentions online, or maybe even impersonates your account, and you have no defense? A college sees that and just drops you from their recruiting list w/o giving you a chance to defend yourself?
Recently my son had to debate about "the right to be forgotten" for his forensics team, meaning whether or not a person had the right to get questionable material about them removed from the Internet. It's kind of an interesting thing to think about - especially when it pertains to minors.
I do understand that people need to be careful, but I think our society is taking it a little too far if 16, 17 year old kids' lives are being ruined over tweets.