Missouri's Facebook Law? Gets It All Wrong

[Greg Bernhardt]

As a wise man once said, knee jerk laws written after one person got away with something they shouldn’t have rarely achieve the intended results and often crate even more problems as a result.* Missouri’s new social media law is … http://virtualnavigator.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/missouris-facebook-law-gets-it-all-wrong/" http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtualnavigator.wordpress.com&blog=11498882&post=657&subd=virtualnavigator&ref=&feed=1

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[Newai]

What is wrong with this? All the law reads is that a teacher can't have a private website with a child/student that isn't work-related if the parents or administrators can't monitor it.

Every school district shall, by January 1, 2012, promulgate a written policy concerning teacher-student communication and employee-student communication. Such policy shall contain at least the following elements:

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3. No teacher shall establish, maintain, or use a work-related internet site unless such site is available to school administrators and the child's legal custodian, physical custodian, or legal guardian.

4. No teacher shall establish, maintain, or use a nonwork-related internet site which allows exclusive access with a current or former student.

The Amy Hestir Student Protection Act, Section 162.069, to parts 3 and 4.