Posts Tagged ‘facebook’
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 [...]
Social Network Movie Review
The Social Network comes out on October 1st and so far it has generated tons of buzz. We live in a day and age where we publicize if we sneeze like it’s the most important thing that ever happened. So it comes as no surprise that we would produce a movie and craft an epic [...]