School upsets student by showing a picture in assembly to highlight facebook privacy

[peteyt]

A school in Plymouth have upset a student by showing a picture taken from her Facebook to highlight the dangers of Facebook and other online services.

The teacher from the Eggbuckland community college, took the photo of the student in a Bikini to show her lack of privacy settings, highlighting the fact many students don't even realise their profiles are set to public, meaning anyone can access anything they've uploaded.

As to be expected, the student's mother isn't happy, complaining to ofsted and stating her daughter is actually a tomboy who rarely uses makeup and has no piercings so the picture wasn't really a proper representation of her.

What do you think? Online there seems to be a mixed reaction. The general opinion seems to be that the idea of teaching privacy was a good idea, but it should never have been done in the way it was with some believing that actually it was her own fault for not changing her settings. It comes at a time when privacy is important especially due to the recent celebrity nude pictures, but will people just ignore the warnings until something embarrassing like this happens?


http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/06/teenag...embly-4894557/

[lemons]

that's a VERY nasty thing to do poor girl

[scottish]

I don't get that, the school found a picture she publicly posted on a social media website, then her mother complains that the picture that her daughter uploaded isn't a proper representation of her?

Then don't take pictures of yourself in a bikini and upload it to facebook if it's not a proper representation of you, you silly cow.

It's the girls fault for not having the appropriate privacy settings, not the college or school for finding something that's publicly posted.

[wixard]

it's weird for the school to single her out and display it in assembly though?

i doubt we're getting the full story because that just seems bizarre

[Mikey]

As said in the above post we don't know the full story and probably never will. On one hand what the school did was completely inappropriate and shouldn't of been done in the first place but on the other hand if she wasn't happy for her picture to be publicly seen then she either shouldn't of posted it or kept it private.

[scottish]

it's weird for the school to single her out and display it in assembly though?

i doubt we're getting the full story because that just seems bizarre

they probably just picked a student at random, or tried to find a picture that people wouldn't want everyone to see.

[Red]

That's act disgusting that they would single out and humiliate a 15 year old girl out like that in front of 100 people, and weird that they are looking so far back into photos uploaded a year ago! I feel so angry for her!!

[peteyt]

they probably just picked a student at random, or tried to find a picture that people wouldn't want everyone to see.

Which is the one thing that complicates matters. It's certainly partly her fault for putting the picture up and not having her profile setup safely but at the end of the day the schools actions are encouraging the one thing schools try to avoid, bullying.

It's like people who take nudes for their partners who then get blackmailed with them when the split up. Obviously we should try to avoid these situations by making sure people are aware of these kind of dangerous, but at the same time we want to avoid the other person seeming right. We need to tackle both sides - to show people its wrong while at the same time trying to make sure it never gets to that stage in the first place

[MKR&*42]

So what if it was shown to all... it is publicly viewable on her Facebook, if she didn't want people to see it then quite frankly she shouldn't post it. It amuses me when people complain after non private stuff from their facebook is leaked... next time don't post your life on there.

[MilksAreUs]

I'd feel so embarassed if a picture was shown in assembly of me wearing only little clothing. Wouldn't most people?