Keep the Drinking Photos, Insulting Rants Offline
Ann Woolner, a law columnist for Bloomberg News, gives an excellent argument for thinking twice before telling the world (read: Internet) everything about yourself and you crazy adventures.
This is where our PC Pandora 6.0 comes in. With our monitoring software, you will know exactly what your kids are posting on line and how they are representing themselves in the digital community. This way, you won’t be surprised later when you find out that your kid wasn’t really telling you everything they were doing online…
I mean, seriously, when was the last time a teenager carrying out an affair with an older man online (and in real life) just divulged the details when mom asked “what’s happenin’?”… When was the last time the bully told their parents they were creating a fake Facebook page to humiliate a peer? C’mon folks… they are kids – they are programmed to lie!
Anyway, back to the piece. Read it! Ann uses excellent cases as clear examples of why you adults need to think twice and why you need to know what your kids are saying online as well. I put the first few paragraphs below to whet the app… as always -
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Have a great weekend!
February 18, 2010
Keep the Drinking Photos, Insulting Rants Offline: Ann Woolner
Commentary by Ann Woolner
Feb. 19 (Bloomberg) — A Somali convicted of attempted murder wants the verdict tossed out, claiming his prosecutor wrote unkindly about his nationality on her Facebook page during the trial.
A high school honors student gets suspended for calling a teacher the “worst ever” on Facebook.
The Somali’s effort is probably doomed, and the high schooler from Florida, now in college, went to court to wipe clean her disciplinary record. She won a favorable ruling this week in an early First Amendment victory for social networkers.
