thinksquad:Illinois can’t seem to decide whether it’s the home of midwestern gentlefolk or of the mo
thinksquad:Illinois can’t seem to decide whether it’s the home of midwestern gentlefolk or of the most draconian humans this side of Moscow.One of the state’s newest laws, for example, may have goodness at its heart. However, it may have something else in various of its extremities.The law, which went into effect on January 1, is designed to curb cyberbullying, but it also could encourage schools to pry into students’ personal lives.KTVI-TV reported that the law was already making some parents deeply uncomfortable. That’s because one of its stipulations is troubling.It reads, in part:School authorities may require a student or his or her parent/guardian to provide a password or other related account information in order to gain access to his/her account or profile on a social networking website if school authorities have reasonable cause to believe that a student’s account on a social networking site contains evidence that a student has violated a school disciplinary rule or procedure.http://www.cnet.com/news/new-illinois-law-allows-schools-to-demand-students-facebook-passwords/ -- source link