No, I would say, if anything, it's libel.

Libel is written, slander is spoken.

...but it's only virtually written. Things don't really exist if they are on the internets.

I'd beat the kids ass Texas style!

Did I miss it? What did she write about him?

If she had just changed his password, I would just call her an asshole parent, but actually deleting his info and writing in her own is wrong. Control your kids, but don't act like a freakin' dictator about it.

I don't know if this will actually go anywhere, though, seeing as how he's a minor and she's his guardian.

On Tuesday 4/27/10 - 2:53:43 PM HaroldtheBat wrote: Did I miss it? What did she write about him?

They don't say, just that he calls it slander and said whatever she wrote were lies that hurt his reputation. I'd be interested to know what she wrote!

no, the kid is 16 years old. he has no personal freedoms. his mother and father own him

I'm sure what she posted is more accurate than whatever he posted.

If this kid has a case, I have a better case against someone.

If he was stupid enough to put it there where his mom could see, he deserves the punishment, and why didn't he log out anyway?

But I agree, she shouldn't have changed what he put. Just deleting whatever he put that she didn't like should've been enough.

Slander? Probably not.
Breaking terms of use (yes, a real civil charge) by logging in as her son? Guilty.

On Tuesday 4/27/10 - 4:27:00 PM Electric wrote: I'm sure what she posted is more accurate than whatever he posted. If this kid has a case, I have a better case against someone.

Now...who would that be?

On Tuesday 4/27/10 - 4:27:00 PM Electric wrote: I'm sure what she posted is more accurate than whatever he posted. If this kid has a case, I have a better case against someone.

On Tuesday 4/27/10 - 8:56:41 PM anthraxrocks wrote: Now...who would that be?

AWPerative.

I'm assuming you think this is some sort of "YT conspiracy" problem. It's real life.

Give her a medal.

Sounds like some stupid story of Everybody Loves Raymond. Rays mom or whoever it was

I'm not the only one who smirked at the "She's ruining my reputation!" thing, am I?

what a waste of tax payer dollars, who gives a f*ck about facebook and what people do on it? How is this even a case? Waste of time...mind your own business biotch, your soon can do whatever he wants. Stupid stupid people...

Why would she change his info? Close/lock the account, sure. She is the parent and he is living under her roof. She owns the computer.

of course not, its her sons personal life!

On Tuesday 4/27/10 - 9:18:40 PM Poess wrote: Give her a medal.

Give her a medal for breaking into her son's account, changed his password, and rewrote everything on his page to suit her personal liking? Should she also get a medal for making her son dress the way she wants him to, associate only with people she approves of, and listen only to music she considers good?

There's prudent parenting, and then there's complete authoritarian control over a kid's life. Changing his facebook information is not going to change how he behaves, and I really doubt anything on his profile was incriminating or genuinely harmful, so she's obviously just flexing her control freak muscles.

i don't think it's slander or libel, just someone breaking the terms of service of facebook if anything. her son can just make another account anyway because email accounts are a dime a dozen.

This is why I'm glad my parents don't know how to use my computer.

Just a note, that wasn't emphasized in the article, that makes it more incriminating: the mother wasn't her son's legal guardian at the time.

Its ridiculous. Now because parents have less rights and cant say boo without being charged, there are stupid kids running around everywhere. I think she was maybe out of line locking him out of his own account, but there is no reason to charge her. As a parent they should sometimes hold a little more power in realsitc ways.