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Missouri Removes Teacher-Student Social Media Ban

Posted by timothy on from the kids-and-teachers-are-alright dept.

bs0d3 writes "The law that would have banned teachers from friending students on Twitter and Facebook was overturned late Friday. Now that a preliminary injunction has been issued to block the law in question from going into effect, the Missouri House subsequently passed a similar, but separate, bill with a 139 to 2 vote that gives school districts the freedom to determine their own communications policies. The new bill, which would permanently block the previously one, now awaits Governor Nixon's approval. Free speech advocates admit it's good that the first bill is gone, but point out that the next one isn't much better."

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  1. Nanny State Bullshit by Baseclass · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If somebody commits a crime against a student then prosecute them for the crime.
    Maybe we just just ban cars because they are often used by kidnappers.

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    ^^vv<><>BA
    1. Re:Nanny State Bullshit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Teacher gives more time to one student over another, is it favoritism?

      Teacher gives some a grade influenced by something the student did on line. oh, see Timmy's parent donate my church, here is an extra 5 points wink wink.

      So favoritism, bribery, arranging sexual encounters between teachers and students, etc. never took place before Facebook and teh evil Interwebs. That's good to know. At least that is in line with the philosophy of the USPTO and the laws against cyber-crime, cyber-bullying, etc. I believe the formula is

      (Crime/Activity) + (Internet/Computer) = (New & Unique Crime/Activity)

      which deserves new protections/penalties. What a bunch of fucking morons.

  2. I dont trust the schools to make this decision by JohnRoss1968 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OK let me get this right....
    We shouldnt trust our teachers to be able to talk to our kids online? So how can we trust them when they are with our kids in the real world?
    Obviously we cant. And who hired these people to teach our children???
    The Schools did. Why should we trust anyone who would put our children in contact (directly or over the internet) with people we should not trust???
    We shouldnt. So The teachers cant be trusted, and the schools cant be trusted.
    If the schools cant be trusted then how is it a good idea to leave it up to the schools to decide if teachers (who we cant trust) can have contact with our children online, late at night, with webcams all over??????