MySpace Shenanigans

I don't have much sympathy for the two high school students who created MySpace accounts, posing as their school's the school assistant principal and librarian. 

Then they invited others to post comments, which were both offensive and threatening.

The boys were suspended.

Previous essay:

Part I--Blogging, social networking sites, schools, and risk for teen users
Part II -- Schools Banning Access and Banning Students' Online Presence
Part III--An Overblown Fear: The Internet Predator
Part IV--The Real Risk: Other Students' Cruel, Rude, or Illegal Behavior (or the Poster's Own Cruel, Rude, or Illegal Behavior)
Part V--The Benefits of Blogging, Personal and Educational
Part VI--What Should Parents and Schools Do?

Technorati Tags: been suspended blogging myspace

Comments

[fin]

Their school looks like a prison.