-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: NJ Private High School Bans Blogging Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:06:47 -0500 From: G.Waleed Kavalec <kavalec@private> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> References: <be2aece50510241814i180c9f93mff4d117a9835da7f@private> http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051024/NEWS01/510240324/1005 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- <snip> *Blogging ban provokes a debate over cyberspace* Pope John H.S. demands that online profiles end, calls forums havens for sexual predators When students post their faces, personal diaries and gossip on Web sites like Myspace.com <http://Myspace.com> and Xanga.com <http://Xanga.com>, it is not simply harmless teen fun, according to one area Catholic school principal. It's an open invitation to predators and an activity Pope John XIII Regional High School in Sparta will no longer tolerate, Rev. Kieran McHugh told a packed assembly of 900 high school students two weeks ago. Effective immediately, and over student complaints, the teens were told to dismantle their Myspace.com <http://Myspace.com> accounts or similar sites with personal profiles and blogs. Defy the order and face suspension, students were told. In the arena of unregulated online communities, which has largely escaped the reach of schools, Pope John appears to be breaking new ground. While public and private schools routinely block access to non-educational Web sites on school computers, Pope John's order seeks to reach into students'homes. "I don't see this as censorship," McHugh said this week. "I believe we are teaching common civility, courtesy and respect." </snip> _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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