Tish Kraft reports on Courthouse News: A dad says Roseville Joint Union High School District unfairly threw his son off the Granite Bay High School basketball team because the boy produced a parody video about hip-hop music and the youth drug culture and posted it on Youtube. The boy and his friends did the video…
Category: Youth & Schools
Ca: Privacy complaint filed against youth-oriented social networking site Nexopia
Michael Oliveira reports: Canada’s privacy commissioner should investigate how a youth-oriented social networking site uses the personal information of its members, an Ottawa-based consumer advocacy group said Tuesday. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has filed a complaint with Jennifer Stoddart about Nexopia’s alleged “unnecessary and non-consensual use and disclosure of personal information.” Nexopia boasts that…
NC: ECSU keeps lid on student info
Kristin Pitts reports: Requests for graduation records reveal that Elizabeth City State University is the only institution in the University of North Carolina system to deny the public access to directory information about its students. The university’s no-access policy came up when ECSU officials were asked if two students — Rainey Dorothea Bowden and Ynisha…
MA: Warrantless Dorm Search Upheld
Scott Jaschik reports: A Massachusetts appeals court ruled Wednesday that Boston College police officers acted legally when they searched the dormitory room of two students without a warrant. The search, prompted by reports that the students had weapons in the room, found weapons — which were legal, but violated college rules — and also drugs,…