Can You Write Shoot in a Crowded Campus?

Here's the latest in students and SNW -- student at small Iowa college gets expelled for writing that he wanted to shoot some folks on campus. Of course, he did it on facebook. It will eventually become the next first amendment case.

More important, in the coverage of this event bubbled up this very useful fourth amendment related legal citation. It comes from Matthew Hodge at the Friends: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services blog, complete with links to the full opinions. The quick gist is there may be some issues regarding fourth amendment privacy and how it is or is not enabled on a particular SNW.

Friends:Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services: The Fourth Amendment and Facebook Privacy