So the Princeton police used Facebook to track down student wrongdoers–and the students were outraged. Ed Felten has an interesting take on the situation:<\/p>\n
\nIt\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to see why Public Safety might be interested in reading Facebook, and why students might want to keep Public Safety away. In the end, Public Safety stated that it would not hunt around randomly on Facebook, but it would continue to use Facebook as a tool in specific investigations. Many people consider this a reasonable compromise. It feels right to me, though I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t quite articulate why.[Freedom to Tinker \u00c2\u00bb Blog Archive \u00c2\u00bb Facebook and the Campus Cops<\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m reminded of the crucial role higher education could play in this whole conversation. Instead, I hear either the utopian dreams of self-organizing civilization or the dystopian nightmares of expressing anything on the Internet. I’m not sure I’m exactly where Ed Felten is, but I appreciate his attempts to get at a nuanced reading of these issues. Don’t miss the discussion that follows in the comments.<\/p>\n
Via Jon Udell, with thanks for the bookmarklet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So the Princeton police used Facebook to track down student wrongdoers–and the students were outraged. Ed Felten has an interesting take on the situation: It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to see why Public Safety might be interested in reading Facebook, and why students … Continue reading