A by now much discussed piece of state legislation in the US has made it to European news. The Guardian reports that the new controversial law in Illinois would ask children to reveal their Facebook passwords if the school has reasonable cause to believe that a student has broken the school’s social media policy. Under the legislation the school has the right to this request even if an incident took place outside of school premises and after school hours. Some school officials report that the media has largely exaggerated the controversy around the law, as Illinois schools had some of these powers already. You can read more here and here.
Children, cyberbullying, social media
