Teacher's aid fired for refusing to hand over Facebook password!

Man... in what kind of world are we living?

Yup today they want your facebook password next week its your email then your banking statments.

An individuals free speech is the greatest threat the “state” has ever known
The “state” fears individual free speech so much, they want to lock it away for eternity,
And when they do that they are saying,
That the individuals rights will be protected only so long as they don’t conflict
With the state.
Nothing is so dangerous to society.

didnt facebook put out a statement saying if any employers were caught asking for that info would end up facing legal action from facebook?

RIDICULOUS! And that busy body parent needs to have her ass handed to her. If she does that, she'd probably luv the new Patriot App:

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:bushhitler:

I've been telling people that FFB is right at the top of the most dangerous entities today . . . and they look at me with a blank stare and then say something profound like "well, it's the only way I can keep up with the grandkids" . . .

Frigging stupid.

This teacher had no business posting ANYTHING online that could even vaguely be considered offensive, immoral, etc.

THAT is the pure, plain and simple fact.

This is NOT about personal freedoms - this is about the moral and ethical responsibilities of educators, elected officials, etc.

If Joe Schmoe nobody wants to post garbage, that makes him garbage, but if he does not hold a professional position of teaching children, leading constituents, or does not run a corporation or work in a field that requires its employees to adhere to certain standards, then Joe Schmoe is just Joe Schmoe and he has to deal with his own ignorance.

Were it not for FFB, these incidents would be fewer and far between. Yes, people can still post garbage around the internet, but Facebook is a tool of TPTB, used to incite and manipulate.

You create FB . . . you entice millions upon millions of sheeple to do their sheeple thing on FB . . . then watch havoc ensue!

Conflicts, harassment, stalking, victimization, libel, job terminations, lines crossed in every direction, lawsuits filed, debates online and in the media, etc. etc. etc.

And TPTB sit back and watch the dumbed-down sheeple feed on the FFB frenzy . . . thereby giving TPTB MORE power.

and you know what, there is a whole army of lawyers out there that would love to get their hands on a case like this.

This is utter madness!

whore

should be fired for being stupid enough to have a fb account in the first place. whore

lawyers are whores too.

bankrupt the school system over a whore. good move

you know who owns fb????

People need to stop using sites like Facebook or Twitter with their real names. In the early days of the internet, privacy and anonymity were valued. Now people don't give a damn even when it's affecting their lives.

I never understood the shift. People used to whine that there public records information is online, but now, they volunteer to pour their entire life out there to the public, which includes strangers and mined by various agencies.

I never had an employer ask me, but if it ever comes up, my answer is I do not have Facebook. Although it might be a rumor, I even heard of some job applications requesting a password.

its a good and valid way to weed out the fucking idiots

i would not hire a person who spends time posting their stupid fucking life up for the world to see

unless they were hot

hot women please fb to your hearts content. dont forget the pics!!!!

That nosy parent needs to have their whole life pilfered through and made public. Maybe then they'll learn to butt out of other people's lives.
Glad that teacher didn't give out her FB pw. Hope she sues the pants off of em and wins.

The more I read about our public schools the more disgusted I become with them. Forced vaccinations, teachers bullying their students, police attacking students inside of schools, indoctrination... Can they even be considered institutions of learning anymore? No, you don't have to answer that. I already know the answer.

You blast public schools in your post . . . rightly so.

But you SUPPORT a TEACHER for posting on FFB??

THAT is hypocritical.

half the world's population has a facebook. I personally don't see why everyone here is anti-facebook. time to boycott and homeschool. teachers, just like cops, can be wicked, because the system is wicked. dumb. greedy. hypocrites. elitism. it's the american dream... what do people have against google, facebook, non-microsoft non msm entities?

facebook is this generation's newspaper feed. cnn is fucked. better to have a SECURe facebook than have a cellphone where the FBI and police can search your ass down ez. besides, i got to school, which was the core reason why facebook was created, for classmates.

No, the stupidity is having a parent as a friend. You can do it but then you have to monitor what you post, because it then becomes a professional representation of yourself. If you want it to be social, then don't have business associates on your friend's list.

Exactly, stupid enough to use fb, stupid enough to incriminate yourself. Its all relative.

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This

As long as she's not using facebook during school hours, and isn't friending her students, then the school has no right to infringe on her freedom of speech and press.

The parent who turned her in is an idiot.

I have no sympathy for people who use the internet to spew every vacuous little thought that pops into their little heads. Use Facebook, Twitter or Google +? You are a moron. End of.

I understand what your saying and I agree BUT this is about the legality of forcing someone, against the binding agreement with Facebook to turn over there password with the threat of losing your job.

1. It was on her own time (I assume)off of the clock.

2. She agreed to not give out her password when she signed up.

3. Like the other poster said, what's next bank statements? The keys to your house? Is it any different?

Some are proposing laws against this. As much as I hate new laws maybe we need something like this.

[link to www.theatlantic.com]

[link to articles.nydailynews.com]

Last Edited by IRQ_1 on 04/03/2012 11:25 AM

What happened to standards? If you teach our children, shouldn’t you set an example on how to act? We tell our children all the time not to post pictures that will haunt you! I have GOOD friends that are elementary teachers that post pics of them going out and drinking or partying at a game. Kids should look up to their teachers. My daughter laughs (as if it is not right) when she sees her teacher out having a beer in town. It should be that way. They should be seen as respectful.
When you hold positions in the community, you should hold yourself to a higher standard. That is whats wrong with our society! We have lost our own standards!!
Should she have giving up her password to her FB account? NO!
Should she have parents as friends? NO!
When I comment on a page, my children and all my friends can see the post! What was she thinking!

Oh how did we ever live without Facebook. Oh I know.. we still had an ounce of our privacy.