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Court Rules Parents May Be Liable For What Their Kids Post On Facebook

Posted by samzenpus on from the sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-and-fake-profiles-will-always-hurt-me dept.

schwit1 writes Parents can be held liable for what their kids post on Facebook, a Georgia appellate court ruled in a decision that lawyers said marked a legal precedent on the issue of parental responsibility over their children's online activity. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the parents of a seventh-grade student may be negligent for failing to get their son to delete a fake Facebook profile that allegedly defamed a female classmate.

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  1. Re:Why not? When you have kids.. by fustakrakich · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm saying libel and slander laws are bullshit. Sanction the believers who act, not the preacher who speaks.

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