ACLU Sues School for Accessing Student's Facebook: Whose Side Are You On?
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2012/03/28 23:38:10
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The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the Minnewaska Area School District in Minnesota for allegedly forcing a 12-year-old student to give them her Facebook login information after the student was accused of engaging in a sexual conversation with another young student over Facebook. According to Mashable, a school administrator and a local police deputy searched the girl's online chat record before notifying her parents. They didn't find anything.
The issue is complicated by the fact that the girl is not technically old enough to have a Facebook account, but the ACLU is accusing the administrator and the deputy of violating the girl's First and Fourth Amendment rights (freedom of speech and freedom from unreasonable search). An ACLU director issued a statment saying, "Students do not shed their First Amendment rights at the school house gate." Who do you think is in the right: the school or ACLU?
The issue is complicated by the fact that the girl is not technically old enough to have a Facebook account, but the ACLU is accusing the administrator and the deputy of violating the girl's First and Fourth Amendment rights (freedom of speech and freedom from unreasonable search). An ACLU director issued a statment saying, "Students do not shed their First Amendment rights at the school house gate." Who do you think is in the right: the school or ACLU?
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jgh57 2012/03/29 00:14:42ACLU
+14I'm so glad my kids are out of school now. I would have instructed my kids to cal me anytime they were in trouble in the office. Schools have gone crazy and try to monitor and interfere in things that are none of their business. The kids need to have an adult there who is representing them, especially if the police are involved.
This is a violation of civil rights, and if this alleged conversation that was the cause didnt happen during school hours using one of their PC's that school is in deep doo-doo.
Again, its not the school's place to be concerned about whether she had a 'sexual conversation' even though she is under age, and shouldn't have even had a FB account in the first place; its her parent's.
They are royally screwed.
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Access for school or business is limited to things that were produced with their equipment or materials. That has been the law since the 60's.
If a school can breach this privacy then your employer has access to not only your social media but they will have access to interview your friends, look through your letters, read your journal, scan your home computer, and anything else they want. They will even have access to private photos of you and your spouse, including that home porno you made.
So... GO ACLU.....WIN!!!!!
from the last nine decades …
Oh yes I see that {rolls eyes}
Championing Political Freedom during the Palmer Raids in 1920:
In its first year, the ACLU championed citizens being targeted for deportation, including politically radical immigrants. We also supported trade unionists’ right to organize, and secured the release of hundreds of activists imprisoned for antiwar activities.
Defending Science through the Scopes Case in 1925:
When biology teacher John T. Scopes was charged with violating a Tennessee ban on the teaching of evolution, the ACLU was there and secured celebrated attorney Clarence Darrow for his defense.
Fighting the Internment of Japanese Americans in 1942:
The ACLU stood almost alone in denouncing the federal government's internment of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps during WWII.
Desegregating America's schools through Brown v. Board of Education in 1954:
The ACLU shared a major victory with the NAACP when the Supreme Court declared that racially segregated schools were in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Protecting Students' Free Speech in 1969:
In Tinker v. Des Moines, the ACLU won a major Supreme Court victory on behalf of public school students suspended for wearing black armbands in p...
from the last nine decades …
Oh yes I see that {rolls eyes}
Championing Political Freedom during the Palmer Raids in 1920:
In its first year, the ACLU championed citizens being targeted for deportation, including politically radical immigrants. We also supported trade unionists’ right to organize, and secured the release of hundreds of activists imprisoned for antiwar activities.
Defending Science through the Scopes Case in 1925:
When biology teacher John T. Scopes was charged with violating a Tennessee ban on the teaching of evolution, the ACLU was there and secured celebrated attorney Clarence Darrow for his defense.
Fighting the Internment of Japanese Americans in 1942:
The ACLU stood almost alone in denouncing the federal government's internment of more than 110,000 Japanese Americans in concentration camps during WWII.
Desegregating America's schools through Brown v. Board of Education in 1954:
The ACLU shared a major victory with the NAACP when the Supreme Court declared that racially segregated schools were in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Protecting Students' Free Speech in 1969:
In Tinker v. Des Moines, the ACLU won a major Supreme Court victory on behalf of public school students suspended for wearing black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War, a major First Amendment victory.
Defending Reproductive Rights from 1973 onward:
After decades of struggle, the Supreme Court held — in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton — that the constitutional right to privacy encompasses a woman's right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy. But the battle continues, and the ACLU is still fighting to protect women's right to reproductive choice.
Taking a Stand for Free Speech in Skokie in 1978:
The ACLU took a controversial stand for free speech by defending a Nazi group that planned to march through the Chicago suburb of Skokie — where many Holocaust survivors lived. The notoriety of the case cost the ACLU dearly as members left in droves, but to many, it was our finest hour and has come to represent our unwavering commitment to principle.
Protecting Internet Free Speech in 1997:
In ACLU v. Reno, the Supreme Court struck down the 1996 Communications Decency Act, which broadly censored "indecent" speech on the Internet. Since then, Congress has passed numerous laws to criminalize constitutionally protected speech online. Each has been declared unconstitutional after challenges by the ACLU.
Exposing Torture from 2003 onward:
After a five-year legal battle, the ACLU obtained critical documents detailing the Bush torture program, including long-secret legal memos justifying waterboarding and other abuses and an Inspector General's report highlighting CIA abuses. The ACLU is leading the demand for full accountability for those who authorized or condoned torture.
Keeping Religion Out of Science Classrooms in 2005:
Eighty years after the Scopes Trial, the ACLU challenged a Pennsylvania requirement that high school biology classes teach "intelligent design" alongside evolution. The judge ruled that "intelligent design" is not science and teaching it violated the First Amendment, garnering nationwide attention.
Protecting the Right to Privacy in 2009:
In Safford Unified School District v. Redding, the court ruled that school officials violated the constitutional rights of a 13-year-old Arizona girl, when they strip-searched her based on a classmate's uncorroborated accusation.
Helping LGBT Americans Serve Openly in 2010:
In a landmark court win, an Air Force major discharged because of her sexual orientation was reinstated, contributing to the eventual repeal of the discriminatory and unconstitutional "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
Scourge of the earth cloaked in "righteous " indignation to fool people as far as my opinion goes.
And so ACLU is going to "help" protect all those chiidren eh???
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