An epic battle...those who want freedom of internet...those who say internet content should be a controlled environment. Well when you look around now a day’s you'll see that the content on the internet isn't being stopped from invading our screens and inboxes...young kids learning how to hack banks in seconds, cyber terrorism becoming more of a threat than physical terrorism. Those examples are a bit harsh but the point is the internet (in my opinion) is to be a free area of exploration, though this is accompanied with risks most of the world now has an internet uplink providing their country members with vital connections to another and important information.
Now with the issues of a first year Ryerson University student making a Facebook group on the popular social networking website (www.facebook.com) to assist in homework (basically a virtual study group) has been threatened with expulsion from the school when in reality no solutions or answer were ever shared on the webpage. Luckily this is old news as the story in my opinion is ridiculous and had no proof behind it of any sort of cheating or academic misconduct.
Ryerson claimed that the first year student was violating terms laid out by the board, when the threats and legal issues were first raised the student union and student body rallied around Chris (Avenir, the student in question).
In the end the student wasn't expelled and the group was closed, in the end I believe the only reason Chris was given a 0 for a grade that otherwise would have been 10% of the course final was because the council/board against Chris didn't want to admit they had made a mistake and overreacted.
1 comments:
woow...nice conclusion. i actually didnt think of it that way. i thought that they gave him a zero anyways just to make sure no others open such groups, but good point!
seriously, cyber terorism is gonna overtake physical terrorism soon. i mean i know ppl who can start cyber warfare and they're just in highschool! XD ;P
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