Teacher lost job after posting on Facebook.

Francine | August 20, 2010

Facebook Teacher … This week, Massachusetts high school teacher June Talvitie-Siple discovered that she should “think before she tweets” or in this case, before she posts!

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Defamation of Character.

Francine | January 28, 2010

What is defamation? It is the act of harming or injuring the reputation of another person, by sharing a false statement to a third party. There are two forms of defamation: libel and slander. Libel is when that statement is reduced to writing, which includes pictures, words and videos on the Internet. Slander is the spoken word

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