Archive for the ‘Facebook’ tag
Students Told to Delete Facebook Accounts or Face Expulsion
Officials at Beis Rivkah High School, an all-girls Jewish Orthodox school in Crown Heights in Brooklyn, NY, don’t want their students on Facebook, and they’re ready to expel anyone who doesn’t delete her account. CrownHeights.info, a Crown Heights community website, reported that an anonymous school official commented that “the purpose of the crackdown was to [...]
NYC Principal in Course Credit and Chocolate Sauce Scandals
A few weeks ago, we talked about a Georgia teacher who lost her job because of photos that appeared on Facebook, and now we have a similar (with important differences) situation in New York. This time, it’s not a teacher, but the principal of New York’s Jane Addams High School, and the photos are slightly [...]
FTC and Facebook Come to Privacy Agreement
Facebook and privacy concerns have been walking hand in hand for years now, and now the social media giant has agreed to tighter controls by the Federal Trade Commission, including regular privacy audits conducted by an independent agency biannually for the next 20 years. The agreement comes between the FTC and Facebook on the heels [...]
Divorcing Couple Ordered to Exchange Facebook Passwords
We’ve seen employees fired over Facebook postings and photos, a judge grant permission to an opposing party to dig into private Facebook postings in a personal injury lawsuit, and another judge force a juror to reveal Facebook status updates, but this one is certainly a different twist: a Connecticut judge has ordered a divorcing couple [...]
Georgia Teacher’s Lawsuit Over Facebook Firing Continues
According to the Barrow County Superior Court, a former Georgia high school teacher can proceed with her lawsuit against the school district that fired her over Facebook photos. Ashley Payne was an English teacher at Apalachee High in Winder, Georgia for two years until the fall of 2009, when the administration received an anonymous tip [...]
NLRB Reinstates Employees Fired for Facebook Postings
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled in favor of five non-union workers who were fired for discussing problems with a co-worker on Facebook—essentially giving social media a big “like” where airing employee complaints is concerned. Last year, an employee of Hispanics United of Buffalo, a non-profit agency, complained on Facebook about a co-worker’s [...]
Court Stops Missouri’s Law Restricting Online Teacher/Student Communications
A few weeks ago, we talked about Missouri’s Amy Hestir Student Protection Act, which restricts student-teacher online communications. The law was set to come into effect August 28, but a Missouri judge has agreed with the plaintiffs, represented by the Eastern Missouri ACLU, in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality and has issued an preliminary injunction [...]
Facebook Opposes Trademark of Shagbook
The UK online dating site Shagbook has applied for a trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) — and if there were a “dislike” button available, Facebook would’ve clicked it. Since there’s no such button, Facebook followed the usual procedure of filing an opposition, a proceeding in which one party, who “believes [...]
Teacher-Student Online Communications Restricted in Missouri
Missouri State Capitol by David Shane on Flickr Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently signed into law the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act, which restricts online interaction between students and teachers. The law is named for Amy Hestir, a former student in the Missouri public school system who was a minor when she was sexually assaulted [...]
Small Business News Weekly Roundup: 7/29/11
In this week’s roundup, we’ve got tips for protecting your business from the economic effects of a US default, real-world stories from small business owners about their experiences with Facebook ads, and news from Google and the SBA that might benefit your business. What a US Default Might Mean for Small Business: Entrepreneur Magazine gives [...]
