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Argument: Facebook law assumes worst about teachers
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Christine Greenhow, an assistant professor at the College of Education and the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland: "It seems to assume the worst about teachers, that teachers are sexual predators. Amy Mascott, a mother of three and former teacher who started Teach Mama, a blog focusing on education, said: "I feel it immediately colors the teacher-student relationship in a negative way, assuming that all teachers are going to act inappropriately with students."[1]
Casey Chan at Gizmodo. This law seems to be "accusing all teachers of some sort of blanket guilt."[2]
