Monday, September 21, 2009

School sues student over Facebook comment

Here is the latest in a series of suits that involve something posted
on Facebook. This article appeared in The Wired Campus today
which is part of my subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education.

A Beauty school is suing a student who created a page on Facebook
where other students could vent about problems they were having at
the school.

The article mentions court cases where defendants attempted to
use Free Speech Amendment provisions and the different results
that appeared as holdings.

The message to everyone is loud and clear: Negative comments on a
social network site can lead to lawsuits and other nightmarish problems.

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