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http://news.yahoo.com/wtf-high-school-senior-expelled-swearing-twitter-163010245.html
Student will be receiving a nice payout in the future for having his 1st amendment rights violated. Even if this was done on a school computer it doesn't warrant being expelled. I am also concerned this might be an invasion of privacy issue. I am sure the school has a right to block certain sites but to read/track what you are typing or posting seems like a problem.
The principal even admitted that he could have tweeted from home and the school computer might have caught it when he logged in the next day at school.
Big brother is watching you.
Student will be receiving a nice payout in the future for having his 1st amendment rights violated. Even if this was done on a school computer it doesn't warrant being expelled. I am also concerned this might be an invasion of privacy issue. I am sure the school has a right to block certain sites but to read/track what you are typing or posting seems like a problem.
The principal even admitted that he could have tweeted from home and the school computer might have caught it when he logged in the next day at school.
The principal at Garrett High School claims their system tracks all the tweets on Twitter when a student logs in, meaning even if he did tweet it from home their system could have recognized it when he logged in again at school.
Big brother is watching you.