Worried GenNext cuts Net exposure

What’s that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy? The tide has surely turned. It might go against conventional wisdom,but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are becoming the gurus of online reputation management,especially when it comes to […]

What’s that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy? The tide has surely turned.

It might go against conventional wisdom,but a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project is adding fuel to the argument that young people are becoming the gurus of online reputation management,especially when it comes to social networking sites.

Among other things,the study found that they are most likely to limit personal information online – and the least likely to trust free online services ranging from Facebook to LinkedIn and MySpace.

The Pew study found,for instance,that social networkers ages 18 to 29 were the most likely to change the privacy settings on their profiles to limit what they share with others online.