[Air-L] question about use of Facebook in classroom

[Julie Cohen]

Fyi the legal force of the TOS is about to be tested in the Lori Drew
prosecution (the Megan Meier suicide case) under the U.S. Computer Fraud
and Abuse Act - one element that needs to be proved is "unauthorized
access" and the prosecution's theory is that violation of the TOS made
the access to Facebook's system unauthorized.

Julie 

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Subject: Re: [Air-L] question about use of Facebook in classroom

Heidelberg, Chris wrote:
> My big question is why don't you have students create pseudo accounts 
> to protect their identities. I use Facebook as a communications tool 
> as well as content distribution tool.
> 
> Chris
> 

Large unanswered social issues aside, I'd be wary of
requiring/compelling students to knowingly break the Terms of Service of
any company.

Creating an account with fake information, pooled passwords, or a group
account is directly addressed in the TOS at Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/terms.php