Cyber bullying, student violence at school and teenage suicide is a growing concern in grades K-12 in schools across the nation. Some schools are monitoring the social media posts of students in an effort to combat these problems and require students to disclose their social network passwords to school officials. Many students and parents oppose such monitoring, citing an invasion of student privacy.
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I do not think schools monitoring social media and requiring students to disclose passwords is a good idea. A student's social media is not the purview of the school. It does not seem like a policy that is enforceable either. How would the school know if students have alter accounts that they are not disclosing?
ReplyDeleteI am actually on board with the monitoring of social media by school certain school officials, such as principles and vice principles, or guidance counselors, in certain situations, where bullying is reported or a suicide takes place. Obviously there is no real way to force someone to give access to their account, but I believe that with the rise of cyber bullying monitoring and cataloguing the behavior of students online is one of the only ways to combat it.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that schools should monitor students' social media. I believe that it's important for kids to be able to have private spaces away from adults where they can openly express themselves. Instead, schools should educate students about cyberbullying and internet etiquette.
ReplyDeleteSchools should not require the passwords of any student for their private, non school affiliated accounts. If a post is public, then the school can be allowed to see it and use it against or for anything they'd like, but it is a huge invasion of privacy for the schools to have direct access into a student's phone. If there is that high of a concern for danger to students, then it is the role of the parents to monitor and correct their children's activity.
ReplyDeleteThere definitely should not be any policies requiring students to give up passwords or for them to have consistent access to social medias, especially private accounts. There can be bad people in school administrations that abuse that power, and minors absolutely should not be subject to that. However, social media bullying is a real and pressing problem, so I think that they should just reform the reporting system so that when someone reports an account or post for bullying, there's not a legal privacy consequence through school rules or something, and admin can be allowed to find out who posted it and give fitting consequences.
ReplyDeleteSchools should not have access to students' passwords and social media accounts. I think that it is an abuse of power and can have a chilling effect on students' autonomy. While I understand cyberbullying is a genuine issue, extreme actions like demanding passwords and overseeing social media accounts is not a sustainable solution. Like others have mentioned, education on privacy and the permanency of the internet are helpful in combating the issues that prevail young people on the internet.
ReplyDeleteI think ethically speaking, it would be bad for a school to monitor a student's private social media. I think often times, social media accounts should be separate from school affairs, regardless of how it affects other students unless it is a crisis or may cause harm. Speaking from experience, I would feel uncomfortable if my school monitored what I was posting on social media.
ReplyDeleteNo. Schools could certainly look at students' social media posts and act upon concerning matters, but having students disclose their passwords is too far. Students have their own lives outside of school, and unless it's a school-related account, schools should not have access to students' private, personal accounts. I think students should be able to trust their teachers, counselors, and other school authorities, and I don't think monitoring social media in this way would build trust well.
ReplyDeleteNo, schools should not be able to monitor private social media accounts or request passwords. I agree that if a post is public they can see it, but if the account is private they should respect the privacy of the students unless a problem comes up. I do think that it’s ok to monitor school devices and internet use at school, but I don’t think it’s ok to invade social media.
ReplyDeleteThere should be policies that schools should take to stop bullying on social media. However it should no require students to disclose passwords. Maybe a good solution would be that students with social media must tell the school to their account name and what social media they use.
ReplyDeleteEven if this policy was in place it would be hard to enforce it effectively. It would be hard to stop a student from creating anonymous social media accounts. I also think this policy would hurt students free expression.
ReplyDeleteI also think students should not be monitored by their schools. I think we must recognise that some things are out of an adult's control, and more should focus on giving resources to the affected parties. If a crime does occur or is reported, then I would see some validity in monitoring social media posts of the involved. I think monitoring opens up doors for discrimination and harassment about anything that appears on social media. Sure this could happen to anyone by any body if you have a public profile, however, I believe that schools should not be allowed as a body to openly accept social media monitoring.
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