[humblegunner]

Hester posted a picture of a co-workers' shoes and pants bunched around her ankles on Facebook in April 2011 with the caption, "Thinking of you."

No, it couldn't be her own actions that had anything to do with this.

Could it?

[Longbow1969]

Where is this insanity coming from? Why should anyone ever have to hand over their Facebook passwords - or passwords to anything else? How about email passwords next? Passwords to favorite political forums?

[Repeat Offender]

I'm going to monitor this thread and report any fishy [read "conservative"] responses to #attackwatch and flag@whitehouse.gov.

I'm not sure where to begin? The teacher's aide for posting the picture on facebook..... The parent that ratted her out....the supervisor that demanded the password....or the idiot that put it in writing stating she was fired for not handing over her facebook password.

These people teach children.......be afraid.

[TomGuy]

If she posted to Facebook from school/school computer, she might be liable.

If she posted to Facebook from elsewhere, she call tell them to suck eggs, and sue them for wrongful termination.

[CAluvdubya]

Hester posted a picture of a co-workers' shoes and pants bunched around her ankles on Facebook in April 2011 with the caption, "Thinking of you."

Prove it! Those shoes and pants could belong to anyone.

What is wrong with the stupid parent for complaining about something like this? Surely there must be more to this story....

[Excellence]

Hester wins another ‘A’.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PujvRmxvtao

[Kaosinla]

I guess this will depend on what’s in her employment agreement.

I think of an online presence as private property, being asked to relinquish that without a court order is suspect.

I wonder if they or the person pictured asked her to remove it first?

[sarasmom]

This trend of employers demanding passwords to electronic accounts/activities not conducted during working hours, and not using company property, needs to be settled legally, and not allowed.

OTOH, if any company or government computers or Internet accounts were used, it is obviously perfectly legal for those employers to demand full password protected access to any electronic records generated from their resources.

So this case could go either way.

[microgood]

but a parent who's on her Facebook friend list saw the image and reported it to Frank Squires Elementary where Hester was employed, prompting the investigation.

I hate snitches!

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Is there anything an employer can't demand of an employee as a condition of continued employment, not specifically spelled out in a contract? Can he ask for the keys to your house? Demand that you sleep with him? Marry him? Turn over your firstborn to him?

[newzjunkey]

The parent is clearly not a "friend" to the teacher's aide.

I oppose the move by employers to demand "social network" passwords as a condition of employment. At a minimum, it's a violation of the network's terms of service.

With that in mind, from an employer's viewpoint, if you hand it over what does that say about your trustworthiness regarding other agreements.