Re:The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What Wa...
by snuxoll on Friday October 26, 2018 @11:51AM
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Many (public) schools seem to forget that they are bound by the first amendment like any other government entity. If the child was harassing or bullying another student (or inciting such acts) I could see an argument being made, but beyond that free speech is free speech.
Re:The Digital Gap Between Rich and Poor Kids Is Not What Wa...
by maceurt on Monday October 29, 2018 @10:57AM
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The jurisdiction of schools does not end at the school. If you do something outside of school that the school does not like the school will punish you. My school specifically tells us this, and says the if we post something to social media then they probably will find out about it. I don't know the legality of it, but its very common practice.
EDIT: I should say that I can think of two ways they can argue this: since it is school property, nothing on there has the expectation of privacy, and is monitored (my work does that, and as a result I don't log into personal email at work). They could also argue the "in loco parentus", in which they are acting as parents by searching it.
However, legally or not, that is a massive breach of trust, and if I were that kid, I have been taught a hard lesson not to trust electronics I own and not to trust authority figures.