University has Facebook group pulled

Interesting, considering a small group of our students started a group to bitch about our school.



http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=0349d672-82fa-4084-95eb-5b7fe5e57b4c

Dalhousie University says it had a Facebook group pulled that wrongly accused the institution of abusing animals during scientific research.

The group gained 15,000 members last week, showing just how quickly information on social-networking websites can spread, and the challenges businesses and institutions face as they deal with defamatory material online.

The case has caused one Internet expert to warn that institutions will continue to deal with the problem as online social networking grows.
Internet experts say institutions will have to come to terms with the more-questionable side of social networking websites as they continue to grow in popularity.View Larger Image View Larger Image
Internet experts say institutions will have to come to terms with the more-questionable side of social networking websites as they continue to grow in popularity.

"What we're seeing is that all of these new technologies and Internet applications are double-edged swords,'' said Philippa Lawson, executive director of the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic at the University of Ottawa.