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Senate Lets Teachers, Students Be Facebook Friends

Posted by timothy on from the so-very-kind-of-the-senate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) has managed to secure another win in its battle against a new law regarding social networking with students. A repeal of the recently passed law has unanimously passed the Missouri state Senate."

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  1. Not enough by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I always wanted to be more than Facebook friend with my female school teachers.

  2. Wait, what? by girlintraining · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Wasn't this law unanimously passed in the first place? Now that the stupidity of it has been unanimously agreed upon, they unanimously repeal it?

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    1. Re:Wait, what? by Slyfox696 · · Score: 3, Informative

      Wasn't this law unanimously passed in the first place? Now that the stupidity of it has been unanimously agreed upon, they unanimously repeal it?

      This was actually just a clause in a much larger piece of legislation that got passed, much of which was good legislation to help protect children. It was just this specific clause that got repealed.

    2. Re:Wait, what? by ultranova · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Well, it's better than clinging in to it and pretend it's good to save face, no?

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  3. Re:Food for thought by Jiro · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The law says that teachers cannot "have a nonwork-related website that allows exclusive access with a current or former student." Aside from the bad wording (which leads to questions about whether "Facebook" is considered a website or whether each Facebook page is considered a separate website), this law doesn't just say the teachers can't talk secretly. It says that the teachers can't use a site that *allows* secret talk. Just the fact that methods of private communication exist on the website makes use of the website illegal, regardless of whether the teachers use them.

    It also prohibits teachers who are parents from communicating with their children over Facebook, since parents' communication with their children is not normally visible to school administrators.