Illinois Students Suspected of Cyberbullying Must Provide Social Media Passwords

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 21, 2015 @07:36AM from the you-can-trust-us dept.

derekmead writes: School districts in Illinois are telling parents that a new law may require school officials to demand the social media passwords of students if they are suspected in cyberbullying cases or are otherwise suspected of breaking school rules. The law (PDF), which went into effect on January 1, defines cyberbullying and makes harassment on Facebook, Twitter, or via other digital means a violation of the state's school code, even if the bullying happens outside of school hours. A letter sent out to parents in the Triad Community Unit School District #2, a district located just over the Missouri-Illinois line near St. Louis, that was obtained by Motherboard says that school officials can demand students give them their passwords.

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My password by damicatz · 2015-01-21 07:39 · Score: 5, Funny

My password is alt-f4. Make sure you press alt and then f4, if you press f4 and then alt, it will make your computer explode.
Re:"make me, bitch" by grimmjeeper · 2015-01-21 08:01 · Score: 5, Funny

I hate Illinois Nazis.
Re:Schools? No. Cops, yes? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-01-21 08:31 · Score: 2, Funny

rather small minded, viscous people
Why do you say they're thick and sticky? That's just a vicious rumor.