[Air-L] Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship

[Seda Guerses]

i am wondering if the following article about a new new law in missouri is sign of a trend in the us or an exception?
it also seems that in the law, the lawmakers in missouri have introduced types of communication that will be allowed and others that will not be, which is based on conceptions of what is public and private. in any case, its implications at first sight seem quite grave. it also raises questions about how the law will be enforced?
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Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship

A law signed into law last month in Missouri is making waves nationally, this week. A small part of the wide-ranging SB54, makes it illegal for teachers to be "friends" with students on any social networking site that allows private communication.
That means teachers and students can't be friends on Facebook or can't follow each other on Twitter for example.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/03/138932276/missouri-outlaws-student-teacher-facebook-friendship?sc=fb&cc=fp