How Your Digital Footprint Can Have A Real Effect On Your Personal, Professional Life

Vittoria Woodill reports.

ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THEURBAN LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA."EYEWITNESS NEWS" ISWORKING TO BRING YOU STORIESCOMMITTED TO HELPING OURCOMMUNITY HEAL AND GROW WITHTHE ISSUES NOW AT THEFOREFRONT.A RENEWED SENSE OF JUSTICE FORALL.SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ISIMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVERWHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE POSTON SOCIAL MEDIA.VITTORIA WOODILL GETS SOMEADVICE FROM A LIFE TECHEXPERT.Reporter: WHAT DOES THISWILD WILD WEST WORLDWIDE WEBLOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW IN 2020 INTHIS MOMENT IN TIME.RIGHT NOW, IT'S TOUGHBECAUSE IT'S A BLESSING AND ACURSE I'LL SAY BECAUSE IT'SAFFORDED US MOVEMENTS LIKE THEBLACK LIVES MATTER RIGHT NOWBUT ALSO BECAUSE OF FREESPEECH AND BECAUSE EVERYBODYHAS AN OPINION, WE'RE SEEINGTHE WORST OF OURSELVESHAPPENING ON THESE PLATFORMSAS WELL.Reporter: YOU MAY THINKTO YOURSELF WHAT'S THE WORSTTHAT CAN HAPPEN IF I POST THISPICTURE OR THESE FEW WORDS ONMY SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILE.IT MEANS NOTHING IT'S JUSTWHAT I WAS FEELING THAT DAY.IT'S NOT LIKE ANYONE WILLREMEMBER.THAT'S NOT TRUE.EVERYTHING ON LINE ISSEARCHABLE AND RECOVERABLE.Reporter: ACCORDING TOSTEPHANIE HUMPHREY WHOSE TILLDEATH DO YOU TWEET SEMINARSTEACH HOW TO BE BETTER SISSENSE.SHE WARNS WE HAVE A SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY NOW MORE THANEVER WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WEPOST BECAUSE OF WHAT'S CALLEDCANCEL CULTURE.IT'S VERY REAL AND COULD HAVEA REAL EFFECT ON OUR PERSONALAND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.ONE BAD TWEET ANDEVERYBODY'S READY TO WRITE YOUOFF.WE'RE SEEING IT LITERALLY ON ADAILY BASIS RIGHT NOW WITH ALLTHE RACIST STUFF THAT'S COMINGOWL, COMMENTS PEOPLE AREPOSTING ARE LOSING THEIR JOBSDAILY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OFWHAT THEY'RE POSTING SO, IT ISREALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FORPEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE IDEAOF THEIR DIGITAL FOOTPRINTUNDERSTAND IT MIGHT NOT BE YOUCONTRIBUTING TO IT.YOU COULD BE RISKING A LOT OFFUTURE OPPORTUNITY FOR ONESMALL INDISCRETION, ONE JOKEOR ONE POST THAT YOU DIDN'TEVEN THINK ABOUT THAT MIGHTCOME UP LATER ON AND HURT YOU.Reporter: ONE EXAMPLECOULD BE KEVIN HART WHEN ATWEET PREVENTED HIM FROMHOSTING THE OSCARS.WHAT CAN WE POST RIGHT NOW ANDHOW DO WE CELEBRATE OUR RIGHTSAND FREEDOMS OF SPEECH ANDEXPRESSION AND ALL THAT BUTALSO BE COGNIZANT OF THE WORLDWE LIVE IN RIGHT NOW AND OURSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO BEGOOD DIGITAL CITIZENS.I THINK IF YOU CONSIDERYOURSELF A COMPASSIONATE HUMANBEING AT ALL YOU CAN'T HELPBUT BE AFFECTED BY WHAT'SGOING ON IN THE COUNTRY RIGHTNOW AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOUNEED TO BE MARCHING OR DOINGANYTHING AROUND PROTESTS ORANYTHING LIKE THAT BUT JUST ANAWARENESS AND AN UNDERSTANDINGAND A COMPASSION FOR WHATOTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE GOINGTHROUGH AT THIS TIME.YOU CAN STILL POST WHATEVERYOU WANT BUT I THINK THERENEEDS TO BE SOME CONTEXTAROUND WHAT YOU POST.Reporter: WE DO HAVE ARESPONSIBILITY IN THE REALWORLD AND IN THE DIGITAL WORLDTO BE GOOD PEOPLE.THAT'S IT, RIGHT.SUPER SIMPLE.IT REQUIRES WHATEVER YOU FEELCOMFORTABLE GIVING.IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THIS HUGEDISPLAY OF WHATEVER.BUT IT JUST REQUIRES A GOODHEART AN OPEN HEART AWILLINGNESS TO LISTEN.WHEN YOU FEEL SO MOVED BYSOMETHING, JUST SHARE IT.