Minnesota teen wins settlement after school takes Facebook password | Fox News
A Minnesota school district has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a
lawsuit that claimed school officials violated a student's
constitutional rights by viewing her Facebook and email accounts without
permission.
The lawsuit, filed in 2012 by the American Civil Liberties Union of
Minnesota, alleged that Riley Stratton, now 15, was given detention
after posting disparaging comments about a teacher's aide on her
Facebook page, even though she was at home and not using school
computers.
The ACLU also said administrators viewed her online conversations
between the then-Minnewaska Area Middle School sixth-grader and a boy
because of a complaint the two were using computers to talk about sex.
Law suits work folks hit them where it hurt...The wallet!
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