A high school in the San Francisco Bay Area has banned social networking sites from student government campaigns, reported the Contra Costa Times.
Posters and fliers are accepted, but Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
are not allowed. Heritage High, the only high school in the region to
adopt this policy, felt that the rule was necessary to minimize
mudslinging.
"Every time students have used Facebook for campaigning, someone has
said something mean about somebody else," said Activities Director
Jessica Banchieri.
The school has no way of enforcing the policy and relies on the honor
system and self-policing by the students. Although the no-social media
rule initially disappointed Dylan Hussein, he still won the race for
class president. "I'm not going to lie -- I use Instagram and Facebook a
lot," said the 14-year-old, who wasn't initially planning on
campaigning the old-fashioned way. "It was kind of hard for me to go out
and talk to the students I didn't know because I'm used to texting
someone, posting a picture."
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