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Julia angwin, wsj reporter and author of dragnet nation. Conventional wisdom states that kids dont care about privacy. And its true that kids have made terrible mistakes in posting dumb things online sometimes with severe consequences. In 2003, she was on a team of reporters at the wall. Julia angwin is the author of stealing myspace and an awardwinning investigative journalist for the independent news organization propublica.
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