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These aren't simply personal life though, in many cases they are there for all to see and the ramifications of what they write can be significant. Twitter in particular is essentially an added dimension of the media as much as it is social networking.
I agree in a sense, but I think the emphasis within any school should be on education. Even if we accept the fact that any expression through these mediums isn't private, teachers still have no authority to begin dictacting the do's and dont's of a students life. They are ultimately there to educate. The fact that they are permitted to use disciplinary action is nothing more than a tool used to maintain order in the classroom.

If on the other hand there are things like personal attacks and defamation happening within the school through the likes of Facebook and Twitter or whatever, then I think the school has sufficient grounds to get involved.
 

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why

why cant they

if teachers wanna look up shit youre saying on the internet why cant they do that

dont put it on your gay facebook or whatever if you dont want that to happen

i dont think they should be allowed to get you in trouble for things you say on your fb or w/e though if its not publically broadcasted unless its in violation of the law


This is essentially what I was saying so there no problems there.
 

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I can understand that schools should be permitted to monitor all incoming and outgoing internet traffic from THEIR own web server (Local Area Network). But other than that they should stick within their bounds, and not go 'hacking' their way onto student accounts on the internet.

It's kinda freaky and a breach of privacy when schools can see what students are doing online when they are at HOME using their own ISP and IP address. Schools should NOT be allowed to intercept individual home IP addresses of students, unless of course the police are involved and its a serious case. e.g. murder, serious cyber bullying etc.

And posing as someone other than yourself on the internet is against the law. But it wouldn't surprise me if some school deputy, created a fb profile and put up a fake hot chick picture just so all the guys of a school could add the profile, so the school can monitor comments etc. It's pretty easy to get away with things on the internet, but when people start investigating a cyber problem, it is rapidly traced back to the person who started it, by making relationship links between different sets of data.

Privacy is relative new, only introduced back in 1988. And ISPs today keep a log of all the websites (URLs) you visit for up to 2 years. Just to make sure that if their is a serious case, they can heck their back log of URLs visited by a specific geographical IP address.
 

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Teachers have no right to invade your privacy.

I am actually friends with a couple of teachers on facebook :p and so is most of the school (these are teachers which everyone likes so that is why people add them)
 

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Teachers have no right to invade your privacy.

I am actually friends with a couple of teachers on facebook :p and so is most of the school (these are teachers which everyone likes so that is why people add them)
Isn't that illegal?
 

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The teachers don't add you, the students add the teachers.

My school doesn't say anything but the assumed thought process is if it is okay with the teacher it is fine.
 

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I don't believe so but most schools have policy that says you're not to until they've finished.
Yeah our school has this policy.
The teachers don't add you, the students add the teachers.

My school doesn't say anything but the assumed thought process is if it is okay with the teacher it is fine.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/919716/teacher-student-facebook-contact-banned
Not in nsw though...

And yeah, we think our principal made this facebook account to stalk us, cos the person had like a few hundred students from my school as friends and no other friends, no pictures, no other information.
Kinda creepy.
 

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Personally I believe it is alright if students and teachers are friends on facebook. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't be a bad thing (A Teacher/student can always not friend them)

lol sus, at my school my principal is too 'retarded' to use computers.
 
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What a lame excuses. Certainly Facebook is only tiny part of someone's life (if they do have a life). Nevertheless, if they think it is so important, stop collecting unknown friends and start behave. Don't post anything you'll regret.
Dont be a dickhead it aint the schools (or any member thereof) job to snoop on students.
 

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What a lame excuses. Certainly Facebook is only tiny part of someone's life (if they do have a life). Nevertheless, if they think it is so important, stop collecting unknown friends and start behave. Don't post anything you'll regret.
I didn't provide an excuse/argument I just made a conclusion in that post. Either way you're missing the point completely and your post is very anti-freedom (why is this). A school is an educational institution. It is supposed to provide an education in return for a fee. It is not a correctional facility and it has absolutely zero business putting a microscope on the lives of students. Why stop with schools? Lets say it's okay for the local butcher to stalk people on facebook and attempt to serve out punishment if somebody does not conform to their moral standards.
 

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I didn't provide an excuse/argument I just made a conclusion in that post. Either way you're missing the point completely and your post is very anti-freedom (why is this).
Judging from the standard of english in her posts, maybe she's a fob from china, so its normal to get stalked by the government.
 

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Number one rule: Don't post sensitive information on the internet, unless it's for online banking or shopping. Keep details minimal on facebook, and other sites so schools (and other malicious hackers) can't track you. Keep your privacy settings to friends only, and be careful who you add. If you don't know them, then simply DON'T add them. Problem solved.
 

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I wonder if my school could even work out my millions of net identities muhahaha I doubt my school does this.

A teacher at my school tried to add me as a friend once, I rejected them lol. They have a million friends.
 

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Number one rule: Don't post sensitive information on the internet, unless it's for online banking or shopping. Keep details minimal on facebook, and other sites so schools (and other malicious hackers) can't track you. Keep your privacy settings to friends only, and be careful who you add. If you don't know them, then simply DON'T add them. Problem solved.
Or just don't be a retard.
 

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