Parents may be liable for what their children post on Facebook, court rules

[Faphard]

The Georgia Court of Appeals has ruled that Dustin Athearn's parents may be negligent after failing to get him to delete a fake Facebook profile
The profile allegedly defamed his classmate Alexandria Boston
Her parents complained to the school about the profile and Athearn was given two days of in-school suspension and his parents informed
But almost a year later the offending page remained on Facebook
It wasn't deactivated until shortly after Boston's parents sued Athearn and his parents in state court
The court ruled on Friday that a jury should determine whether the Athearns failed to supervise their son's use of the computer


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...-s-fake-defamatory-account.html#ixzz3GKklYkV0

 

[Prick]

As they should be.

 

[User-E]

As they should be.

I agree. Parents can be sued for damage caused by their children in the real world, so why not in the digital world.

 

[oldguyzer]

It's Georgia. What do you expect?

 

[papasmerf]

It's Georgia. What do you expect?

Hmmmmmmmm

Peaches

 

[User-E]

It's Georgia. What do you expect?

Hmmmmmmmm

Peaches

Panthers

 

[oldguyzer]

Panthers

Pussies

 

[JessieJames]

Who says the parents even had access to the kid's facebook account?

 

[User-E]

Who says the parents even had access to the kid's facebook account?

Some might argue that parents should care enough about their children's online activities to keep an eye on it. If we nip cyberbullies in the bud at age 10, we won't have to deal with the same people in their 40's and 50's.

"The case dates to an incident in May 2011, when Athearn from Palmer Middle School in Kennesaw created a Facebook profile pretending to be his classmate Boston, reports Courthouse News Service.

Using a ‘fat face’ app, he manipulated a photo he’d taken of the girl to make her look obese. He also added to the unauthorized profile included graphically sexual and racist comments, references to Boston's purported homosexual orientation, and other offensive material."

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[papasmerf]

It is a real simple thing.

You had um you are the ones who are responsible for um.

 

[BgVincent]

Hasn't that always been the case?.

 

[papasmerf]

Hasn't that always been the case?.

not since it was revealed that it takes a village to raise a child............of course the wife of a Village Idiot told us that.

 

[Beef Jerky]

not since it was revealed that it takes a village to raise a child............of course the wife of a Village Idiot told us that.

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