A new parents’ group is being formed to oppose many of the Sioux Falls school district’s policies, including its controversial practice of selling student lists to outside groups. Parents have called schools this week with questions about the issue, but most have decided to keep their students’ information listed after the policy was explained to…
Terms of agreement with Swiss government regarding UBS
The Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today announced that the agreement with the Swiss government has been finalized. As a result of the agreement, the United States will receive substantially all of the accounts of interest when it initiated the John Doe summons against UBS on June 30, 2008. Under the agreement,…
Employee who trashed boss on Facebook forgot he was a “friend”
From the not-such-a-good-move dept.: The worker, known only as “Lindsay”, updated her Facebook status with “OMG [oh my God] I HATE MY JOB!!” She went on: “My boss is a total pervy w****r, always making me do s**t stuff just to p**s me off!! W****r!” Her boss “Brian” responded a few hours later just before…
Court offers guidelines on when to unmask anonymous posters
In the US, the right to free speech is construed as also protecting the anonymity of the person doing the speaking. Provided that the content, be it spoken or written, violates no laws, citizens have the right to fulminate in public fora without said public being aware of their identity. Courts have also extended this…