Last week, I blogged about a Florida case in which two teens were arrested for aggravated online stalking. Yesterday, I noted a case in New Jersey where a young man has been sent to jail for cyberbullying. Now today, Kate Durio of KATC reports that Lafayette, Louisiana police have arrested two teens for cyberstalking/cyberbullying. These…
Category: Youth & Schools
Cyberbully who forwarded lewd photos to student’s school gets 45 days
Associated Press reports on another cyberbullying or harassment case. This case really needs to be read by parents and discussed with their children. It also needs to be discussed in the schools as an opportunity to reinforce the importance of privacy – respect for one’s own and respect for others’. A cyberbully who forwarded explicit…
Article: School Children and Parolees: Not So Special Anymore
School Children and Parolees: Not So Special Anymore Edwin Butterfoss Hamline University School of Law Mississippi Law Journal, Forthcoming Abstract: The Fourth Amendment special needs exception may be one of the Court’s most puzzling doctrines. Since its origin, the Court has struggled to define its limits and its place in the Court’s suspicionless search and…
MouseMail Pledges Privacy Protection
Amazing what a little bad press can do. Following a press release from SchoolSafetyPartners.org about MouseMail, a social networking sites for kids with parental controls, the company has changed its privacy policy. Here’s an updated press release from SchoolSafetyPartners.org: MouseMail.com, the social network for kids that parents can monitor, has rewritten its terms of service…