Posts Tagged ‘facebook mistake’
The Pot and the Kettle: Bullying
I read about a study a while ago which found that people who are cyberbullied are more likely to turn the tables and become cyberbullies. The study noted: “Child psychologist Shane Gallagher of Cambridgeshire Educational Psychology Service in the U.K. surveyed 239 teens (128 boys and 101 girls) aged 11 to 16 and their parents. [...]
Facebook and Free Speech?
A 17-year-old student from Sept-Iles Quebec, a small town of about 25 000 people, was arrested for having a discriminatory Facebook profile. The boy was charged with “uttering threats” and “inciting hatred” as it was discovered that his profile declared hateful points of view toward certain ethnic minority groups. The offender is a minor and [...]
Getting schooled by facebook
With the rise of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, new rules about what is appropriate to put online are quickly emerging. Students were the first to learn the perils of posting when status updates and tweets exposed bad behavior, but it appears that the backlash has now extended to teachers. Even before school [...]