Delaware Schools to Be Barred from Students' Social Media Lives

Sam Favate:

Delaware is on the verge of prohibiting schools from monitoring students' social media activity without their consent.

The state Senate unanimously voted to ban public and private schools from requiring students to allow access to their social media lives, the Los Angeles Times reported. The bill, which also passed the Delaware House, only needs the governor's signature to become law.

Some colleges and universities have required students to download social media monitoring software on their personal electronic devices or accounts as a condition of their scholarships or participation in athletics.

A recent revision in the University of North Carolina handbook on this matter is said to be typical, according to MSNBC.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at July 5, 2012 1:25 AM
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