The Associated Press is the gawky teen of the digital content world: it just can't get its act together. The organization's latest bit of nonsense comes from its Draconian new social networking policy. This is a doozy:

But the most contentious element in the new policy, which the union also decried as "vague," gives this instruction to employees using Facebook: "Monitor your profile page to make sure material posted by others doesn't violate AP standards: any such material should be deleted."

So, AP staffers are supposed to apply AP guidelines to Facebook's collection of quips, responses and miscellaneous monosyllabic snark. Right. Perfect. All APers need to do is memorize said guidelines then decode every commenter's intent, perspective and contextual relevance. Or, if they're feeling anti-establishment, they could spend an evening filtering and unfriending colleagues and bosses.