Get this...they're seeking $50,000 in damages. WOWZA! That's one year of schooling at some institutions!
According to the article, Blacconiere created a page called TSPA RobinHood and invited other students to join the page. It was there that they [students] vented, thus leading to the claims of derogatory names used to call teachers and defamatory comments.
"Don't be afraid to post comments on whats going on, this is yor voice too. All for one and one for all right?!" (sic)
The article states, "Printouts of the Facebook page included in the complaint show comments that accuse teachers at the academy of subpar teaching skills and promiscuity".
As a current undergrad studying Communications, future law school attendee AND social media fanatic, I find this all to be amazing. We all know that social networking sites (ahem, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace..although MySpace is soooo 2007) take up more than enough time of young people my age. I can't tell you how many times I've updated this blog when I should be writing a paper...or updated my Twitter status saying "I should be doing homework".
This lawsuit could set precedent in how students (and people in general) are held accountable for insults posted on the interwebs. The lines of free speech are blurred when it comes to the web and it'll be interesting to see how this plays out. Be careful what you type my friends.
In the meantime, if you have to bash a professor...go to your local coffee shop, grab a tall coffee and just verbally air it out ;)
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