Monopoly of legitimized violence

[supergee]

Illinois schools are requiring students to hand over their Facebook passwords. Needless to say, this is purely intended to protect victims and is not in any way a totalitarian power grab. As they explain,

The main driver behind the new cyberbullying law is to minimize destructive behavior associated with it, including “antisocial behavior, such as vandalism, shoplifting, skipping [classes] and dropping out of school, fighting, using drugs and alcohol, sexual harassment, and sexual violence,”

And of course failure to respect the principal's authoritye

Comments

[necturus]

Isn't giving your password to a third party a violation of Facebook's terms of service?

[matgb]

Yes, yes it is. Thus this would be criminal in the UK due to Computer Misuse laws, no idea about the various US jurisdictions but it's dodgy as fuck.

[lavendertook]

All the evidence you need to get someone on cyberbullying, which sexual harassment would fall under, would be in the victim's email/account. Why would they need the kid's password? If kid's are planning actions through accounts, get them on the real world actions. This policing of their ability of communicate sounds more like cutting off a thief's hand to me. And as for other activities beyond bullying, just no.