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scape-goat, n.; Julie Amero

Most of you have probably read about Julie Amero at this point. This is the case of the teacher convicted of 'impairing the morals of a child' for allowing her students to view pornographic pop-ups on the computer. There are a lot of obvious things wrong about this trial, but in the sources and blogs that I've read, there's something missing. Why isn't there a lawsuit against the school, school district, or who ever is responsible for administration of that computer?

If you take the comparison of regulatory requirements around basic information security in other industries, running an extremely outdated computer in a public place with no protection against spyware/malware would fail every time. The fact is, while Julie Amero may not have behaved perfectly given the situation, she never should have been put in that situation. Was she appropriately trained on what to do when pornograhpic pop-ups appear on the computer? I doubt it. If this occurred in a corporate environment, would you blame the user?

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joat:

I think she has to wait until after sentencing before taking any action.

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