January 25, 2008
New Web-Monitoring Service Worries Some Legal Experts
A software program that searches for offensive content on college athletes' social-networking sites has drawn skeptical reactions from legal experts, who say it could threaten students' constitutional rights.
"Do YOU know what your athletes are posting on Facebook and MySpace? WE DO!" says an ad for the program, YouDiligence, which shows a photo of a grinning male student holding a beer.
Billed as a "social-network monitoring service" and marketed exclusively to college
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