Not sure about how I feel on this one. From a professional point of view this is an invasion of privacy. Monitoring a childs social media use is a parents responsibility not a government entities. The problem originates from parents not being more engaged in their childrens digital lives. Whether it be cyberbullying, sexting, DDoS'ing your school (all of which I've blogged about in the past 72 hours) parents MUST take active roles in what their children are doing online.
Not sure how to get more involved in your childs digital life - Google it!!!
From ClickOrlando.com:
Orange County Public Schools to monitor students on social media
The Orange County school district is now monitoring students' social media messages in an effort to curb cyberbullying, crime on campus and suicide.
Orange County Public Schools announced Thursday that it has acquired software to monitor social media "to proactively prevent, intervene and (watch) situations that may impact students and staff." The district has obtained an annual license with SnapTrends, software that monitors Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.
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