Digital chickens (coming home to roost)

For some years commentators on social media have been describing that yesterday's indiscretions posted online will come back to haunt us. It seems this is happening sooner rather later. For example, the NYT reports that Ms. Ball, a Democrat, was stunned when she found out that six-year-old party pictures were circulating online. In them, she was wearing a Santa cap and provocative lacy hosiery while holding and putting her mouth around a sex toy. The story went viral, getting attention from news media outlets as varied as Gawker and National Public Radio. More cases here.