Should schools use Facebook to spy on students?

JMH

JMH

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In the choppy wake of employers requesting access to job candidates' Facebook accounts, a new contentious issue bobs to the surface: should schools use Facebook to spy on students.

The principal at Missouri's Clayton High School, a Louise Losos, didn't see a problem with it.
She created a fictitious identity under the pseudonym Suzy Harriston, using a stock photo of some penguins as her image.
Losos then used this account to befriend students, managing to rack up about 300 Facebook pals.
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Oh you mean they aren't. If you dont want your details in the harsh glare of sunlight dont post them on the internet.
 
I could care less to be honest...

Like Ken said, if you are willing to put it on the internet you are willing to share it with everyone...
Where I draw the line is when schools gather information without the individuals consent or knowledge...

For example, John can give you a rather nice story about an issue he had with schools activating webcams...
 
Not at all, it would be one thing if the parents were doing it but IMO the school has absolutely no right...

Then again, I am sure the students had to sign something to be able to use the laptop...
 
I agree completely. It is WRONG, and even if it was the schools computers and there was a signed consent form it gives the wrong message to the students, parents, teachers and is malfeasance.

It is a further sign of society on the slippery slope to 1984.
 

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