New Web-Monitoring Service Worries Some Legal Experts

Autor/in	Sander, Libby
Titel	New Web-Monitoring Service Worries Some Legal Experts
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 54 (2008) 20, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	College Athletics; Athletes; Social Networks; Web Sites; Computer Software; Online Searching; Personal Narratives; Audits (Verification); Privacy; Constitutional Law + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College athletes; Collegesport; Hochschulsport; Athlet; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Web-Design; Online-Recherche; Erlebniserzählung; Privatsphäre; Staatsrecht
Abstract	A software program that searches for offensive content on college athletes' social-networking sites has drawn skeptical reactions from legal experts, who say it could threaten students' constitutional rights. Billed as a "social-network monitoring service" and marketed exclusively to college athletics departments, YouDiligence was on display at the trade show held during the National Collegiate Athletic Association's 1008 annual convention. The program conducts real-time searches of athletes' profiles on Facebook and MySpace for up to 500 words and phrases, including profanity and slang used to describe drugs. It does not delve into areas of the sites that are protected by passwords. If the program finds anything, it sends an e-mail alert to a designated athletics official, with a link to the offending page. Some large collegiate programs already have coaches who occasionally view athletes' pages on social networking sites, hoping to catch potentially embarrassing or incriminating material before it brings the university negative attention. Three experts in constitutional law told "The Chronicle of Higher Education" that the new software was probably lawful: once a student posts words or photos that the general public can see, the material is fair game. But all three agreed the software raises tricky legal and ethical questions, and that athletics departments should think carefully about using it. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10