The First Amendment
Their was only one idea that popped up in my mind when I read that article, and that is... controversial because think about it, if the government starts to get involved in what you say on Facebook and teachers can start punishing you for what you write there will be trouble . First of all, kids will get very angry because schools are snooping around in their personal life. Lets just say you have a good relationship with a teacher, then because of a new law that same teacher discovers you went out with your buddy's and got drunk . Best case scenario the teacher will be OK with it or judging by the article explaining the attitude of american teachers he will loose respect for the child and ultimately not like him anymore. Then the student will be in a class room knowing that the teacher does not like him. To sum up that example, it is a major invasion of privacy, it could potentially ruin his or hers life and to make things worse it is the only haven for teens that parents, education and hopefully the government has no access to, so lets keep it that way. You must also put yourself in the teachers shoes, since the beginning of time people in general don't like being criticized and insulted, let alone behind their backs, therefor on a personal level, teachers would want to know what people are saying about them and what they are being criticized about. So that is a very fair request to know what is going on but I think the governmental approval is excessive. My second point is if the government gets involved chances are kids and maybe even adults will be turned of and therefor not want to use those sites anymore and company's like Facebook will loose revenue and then will probably loose money and they will sue to get the wrights and money lost back. Further more, freedom of speech will become more important then ever if limits are put because people fought for that right and just to take it away because teens are blowing off steam about something or someone is absurd and will anger a lot of people. Here is the link that explains the stats and studies that have been performed First Amendment. The following link is very extreme but I think it proves a point because with out Facebook or even if restrictions are put on people like Joseph Frederick will start immersing more and doing stupid things so that is why it is almost crucial to keep Facebook alive and running.
