Seems like hardly a month goes by without news about somebody’s social network profile getting them in trouble either with their school, with work, or with the court system. The two most recent cases come out of Canada, where a college student was put on probation for badmouthing a professor online, a and litigant may have divulge information on his private Facebook account.
The University of Calgary slapped young Keith Pridgen with two years worth of academic probation after posting a message on the wall of Facebook group called “I no longer fear Hell, I took a course with [instructor’s name].”
This CBC article doesn’t say whether other students in the group faced similar discipline, though the group was removed from Facebook possibly on grounds of terms of service violation, but it does detail the message that got Pridgen in hot water:
"[Instructor's name] IS NO LONGER TEACHING ANY COURSES AT THE U OF C!!!!! Remember when she told us she was a long-term prof? Well actually she was only sessional and picked up our class at the last moment because another prof wasn't able to do it .. lucky us. Well anyways I think we should all congratulate ourselves for leaving a [instructor's name]-free legacy for future [law and society] students."
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