Fyi the legal force of the TOS is about to be tested in the Lori Drew prosecution (the Megan Meier suicide case) under the U.S. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act - one element that needs to be proved is "unauthorized access" and the prosecution's theory is that violation of the TOS made the access to Facebook's system unauthorized. Julie -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Terrell Russell Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 12:06 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] question about use of Facebook in classroom Heidelberg, Chris wrote:
My big question is why don't you have students create pseudo accounts to protect their identities. I use Facebook as a communications tool as well as content distribution tool.
Chris
Large unanswered social issues aside, I'd be wary of requiring/compelling students to knowingly break the Terms of Service of any company. Creating an account with fake information, pooled passwords, or a group account is directly addressed in the TOS at Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/terms.php