The government wants Facebook to let you mass delete all your cringe teen posts

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Have you always dreamed of deleting all your cringey, pre-18 social media history without having to check each post one by one?   

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The Conservative Party is here to serve you. 

Under campaign pledges announced by UK Prime Minister Theresa May ahead of the June 8 snap elections, social media platforms including Facebook and Twitter will be forced to allow people to wipe out their whole pre-adulthood posting history. 

It’s a sort of “right to remove” or “right to innocence” measure, and companies that fail to do that could face fines.  Read more…

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