School officials have hired a company to monitor and analyze students' public social media

[Natural Citizen]

Glendale school officials have hired a company to monitor and analyze students' public social media posts, saying it will help them step in when students are in danger of harming themselves or others.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-glendale-public-schools-to-monitor-students-social-media-posts-20130828,0,4628669.story

[RAAVAN]

Nice initiative. It might help students to stay safe but what about their privacy. I know it is good for them, but authorities will have to accept that it can be protested.

[tod evans]

Nice initiative. It might help students to stay safe but what about their privacy. I know it is good for them, but authorities will have to accept that it can be protested.

Good for whom?

Certainly not the students...