Suspended from School Over Facebook Post

[Warren Dew]

She said that while her daughter's profile did have privacy settings on, a parent of one of her daughter's friends reported the post.
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It was public.

Did you neglect to read the words "did have privacy settings on" in your own quote? I bolded them for you so you could find them.

Having settings that allow your friends to read your pages doesn't constitute making them "public", any more than calling your friends on the telephone does - and that continues to be true even if your friend's mother looks over your friend's shoulder or listens in on another line.

[pErvinalia]

WTF?!? If the school found out, it by definition had to have become public. It's not rocket science, man.

[Warren Dew]

WTF?!? If the school found out, it by definition had to have become public. It's not rocket science, man.

The school found out by asking her to log on to her facebook and show it to them. They then refused to comment citing student confidentiality. If it's confidential, it's obviously not public by any reasonable person's definition.

The school is, however, doing a good job of teaching the lesson never to talk to authorities voluntarily.

[pErvinalia]

WTF?!? If the school found out, it by definition had to have become public. It's not rocket science, man.

The school found out by asking her to log on to her facebook and show it to them. They then refused to comment citing student confidentiality. If it's confidential, it's obviously not public by any reasonable person's definition.

:facepalm:

How did the school know about it in the first place? It's not fucking private if people who you never intended to know about it find out about it. If it's not private, it's obviously public. As i said, it's not rocket science.

The school is, however, doing a good job of teaching the lesson never to talk to authorities voluntarily.

Huh?!? She didn't approach them (I presume), they approached her. The talk was not voluntary. Showing the page to them was, though.