UWL’s chancellor Joe Gow got better than his wish, we wanted
the creators of a Facebook page to take down an image of a woman face down on a
tile floor, with shoes strewn about her limp body. That image was on a popular
Facebook page called UW-La Crosse Confessions, where people, supposedly
students post anonymous descriptions of life including sex acts, alcohol
consumption and drug use. To be honest I
never even heard about the UW-La Crosse Confessions twitter or facebook page until
I read it from the La Crosse Tribune.
The page was followed by more than 3,000 users, it was taken down
yesterday and 2 copy cats popped up and within a few hours one had over 1000
fans. The sites say that they are not
affiliated with the university, and asks visitors to “enter your anonymous
confession here.” One of the pages is https://www.facebook.com/pages/LAX-Confessions/415514135208127?fref=ts the other is https://www.facebook.com/pages/Uw-Lacrosse-Confessions-20/295756247219391?fref=ts
should these types of pages be allowed to be up on a forum where the public can
see, should they be covered by the1st Amendment? The original
facebook and twitter page has disappeared.
The Facebook page may not have violated the fb Statement of Rights and
Responsibilities...but what about social responsibility, Is this just another
way to bully individuals and groups of people.
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