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Third Circuit rehears online speech cases

PENNSYLVANIA – Two cases regarding student online speech were argued before the full Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today after two three-judge panels of the Third Circuit handed down conflicting opinions last February.

In the case of Layshock v. Hermitage School District, a ...

Online Privacy Actually Does Matter To Youth: STUDY

All the dirty laundry younger people seem to air on social networks these days might lead older Americans to conclude that today's tech-savvy generation doesn't care about privacy. Such an assumption fits happily with declarations that privacy is dead, as online marketers and social sites such as Facebook try to persuade people to share even […]

16 Year Old Accuses Mom of Facebook Slander

The mother of a 16-year-old boy said she shut him out of his Facebook account after reading he had driven home at 95 mph one night because he was mad at a girl. His response: a harassment complaint at the local courthouse. "If I'm found guilty on this it is going to be open season" […]

Abortion referral puts spotlight on school-based health centers

County health officials say they will try to spell out more clearly the range of services available to minors after an incident in which a pregnant Ballard High student got an abortion, apparently without her mother's knowledge, some time after visiting a school-based health-care center. The consent form parents and guardians sign for children to […]

3rd Circuit Bars Child Porn Prosecution of Teen in Sexting Photo

A federal appeals court has upheld an injunction that bars the child pornography prosecution of a teen girl in Pennsylvania who appeared topless in a photo that ended up on high school students’ cell phones. The opinion by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is the first decision by a federal appeals court involving […]

Parents Angry Over CCTV In School Toilets

Outraged parents have hit out at a school in Birmingham after pupils discovered CCTV cameras in the school's toilets. Youngsters at Grace Academy in Chelmsley Wood claim they returned from half-term to find staff had installed the cameras without notifying them or their parents. Some parents are furious at what they say is a "total […]

'Big Brother' watches Sacramento Valley students

A warning for thousands of students in the Sacramento Valley: If you took a test or failed to turn in homework today, your parents may already have that information. Students at Natomas Middle School in Sacramento are well aware that an Internet Web site known as Power School is helping parents keep tabs on them. […]

FBI investigates allegations webcam used to monitor student

The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that a Pennsylvania school official remotely monitored a student at home, a law enforcement official with knowledge of the case told CNN on Saturday. The official, who asked not to be identified, said the FBI became involved in the case after a family filed a lawsuit against […]

Pa. school officials defend actions in webcam case

Administrators at a suburban Philadelphia school district are defending their actions after being accused of spying on students via their laptop computer webcams. The Lower Merion School District admits to remotely activating webcams 42 times in an effort to find missing, lost or stolen computers. But officials say the webcam images were never used to […]

Pa. school: Webcams used only on missing laptops

PHILADELPHIA – A suburban Philadelphia school district accused of spying on students at home via school-issued computers told parents it only activated the webcams to find missing laptops. The schools' technology and security departments would activate the webcam when any of the 2,300 student laptops were reported lost or stolen, Lower Merion School District Superintendent […]

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