g it up in our next administration meeting.=20
- Tom
On Nov 20, 2010, at 5:27 AM, "Doug Fodeman" <dfodeman@brookwood.edu> wrote:
> A forum for independent school educators <ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> writes:=
>> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2010 09:29:13 -0800
>> From: Tom Wroten <twroten@saccds.org>
>> Subject: Fake Teacher Facebook Profile
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>> We recently found out that one of teachers now has a fake Facebook =3D
>> profile, likely setup by a current and enrolled student.
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>> Of the other students that have requested him as a "friend" we have =3D
>> asked that they report the profile as a fake. As of right now it looks =3D=
>> like the site has been up for over a week and Facebook has done nothing =3D=
>> about removing the page.
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>> Does anyone know of a way to contact Facebook to either make them remove =3D=
>> the profile or request the email address the profile was setup with so =3D=
>> we can track down it's creator?
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>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> Tom Wroten
>> Director of Technology
>> Sacramento Country Day School
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> Tom,
> We (at ChildrenOnline.org) have spoken to many schools who have dealt with=
this issue and I have personally dealt with a similar issue at my school. R=
obin Peralta's suggestion to approach it by reporting the site as being a br=
each of the FB rules is a
> good one. Report the problem to as many contacts at FB as possible includ=
ing "support@facebook.com", "info@facebook.com" etc....
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> However, I have one thing to add.... I was unsuccessful for more than 2 mo=
nths to get some slanderous (defaming) content removed until we threatened a=
law suit if the content was not removed by a certain date. I had a respons=
e in less than a day.
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> I would get your school's lawyer involved immediately and send emails to a=
ll addresses you can find for Facebook administration and authority, includi=
ng via online forms on their site. However, that doesn't address the fact t=
hat a student (or students)
> created it. They may consider it a joke but not realize that, depending o=
n what was posted, the fake site can have life-long consequences for the tea=
cher! I hope this becomes a very serious teachable moment for the students.=
They need to understand
> that nothing is private online ESPECIALLY on Facebook! (Online privacy is a=
n oxymoron) They also should be taught WHO is looking at Facebook content a=
nd the ramifications for the online reputations they create (or create for o=
thers).
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> Good luck!
> Doug
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> Co-Director, ChildrenOnline.org
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> Douglas Fodeman =20
> Director of Technology
> Brookwood School
> Manchester, MA 01944
> http://www.Brookwood.edu
> (978) 526-4500 X6233
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