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12-year-old sues school district over Facebook profile search
by Chris Matyszczyk | March 10, 2012 4:03 PM PST
Summary: A Minnesota school district is sued by a 12-year-old girl who claims that the school pressured her to give up her Facebook password. But, wait, the minimum age on Facebook is 13.
It seems that everyone in authority wants to get into your virtual underbelly.
Employers in Maryland seem to think they have the right to search potential hires' Facebook profiles.
And now the Minnewaska school district in Minnesota stands accused of coercing a 12-year-old girl into giving up her Facebook and e-mail passwords, so that a school could spy with their little eye.
CNN reports that she was also twice punished for things she wrote on Facebook.
A lawsuit on behalf of the girl--brought in conjunction with the ACLU--declares that her First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated.
The girl--referred to in the court papers as R.S.--apparently felt that her hall monitor was mean to her and therefore described her as "mean" on her Facebook profile. She claims that no school equipment or property were used to make her postings.
It is unclear how a screenshot of her postings got back to the school principal, but it seems they did. Even one in which she wanted to know--using strong language--who had betrayed her.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com...profile-search/
by Chris Matyszczyk | March 10, 2012 4:03 PM PST
Summary: A Minnesota school district is sued by a 12-year-old girl who claims that the school pressured her to give up her Facebook password. But, wait, the minimum age on Facebook is 13.
It seems that everyone in authority wants to get into your virtual underbelly.
Employers in Maryland seem to think they have the right to search potential hires' Facebook profiles.
And now the Minnewaska school district in Minnesota stands accused of coercing a 12-year-old girl into giving up her Facebook and e-mail passwords, so that a school could spy with their little eye.
CNN reports that she was also twice punished for things she wrote on Facebook.
A lawsuit on behalf of the girl--brought in conjunction with the ACLU--declares that her First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated.
The girl--referred to in the court papers as R.S.--apparently felt that her hall monitor was mean to her and therefore described her as "mean" on her Facebook profile. She claims that no school equipment or property were used to make her postings.
It is unclear how a screenshot of her postings got back to the school principal, but it seems they did. Even one in which she wanted to know--using strong language--who had betrayed her.
Read more: http://news.cnet.com...profile-search/
