The two assigned readings commented on the various fears about the negatives that can result from data on the internet and how government regulation on the internet is a kind of gray area. The chapter in the book mentioned that there are plenty of records that companies have about people, whether those people know it or not and how sometimes these companies can give away this information to the wrong hands. The article talked about how cyber-bullying is a big problem specifically for middle school-aged students and how there are different attitudes across the country on how schools should handle this problem. The opinions of parents range from not wanting the school to do anything about cyber-bullying to the wanting the school to suspend students who are guilty of off-campus cyber-bullying.
I was very surprised to learn that there are companies that have no other purpose than to make money by gathering data about people and what I would consider spying, and selling that data.
Discussion Question: Why would the parents not want schools to disipline students for cyber-bullying?
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