U.Va. council condemns gossip site

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Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

The University of Virginia Student Council this week unanimously condemned the college gossip Web site JuicyCampus.com, saying its postings about U.Va. students are "insensitive," "malicious" and violate the university's principles of honor and respect.

The Web site -- a national message board that urges its anonymous collegiate visitors to post salacious gossip about their classmates -- recently added U.Va. to its list of 59 included campuses.

Postings to the site have included the names of U.Va. students who are called gay, promiscuous or heavy drug users.

One typical posting from Tuesday afternoon was titled "Fat Thetas" and asked other visitors to provide names of overweight sorority girls attending U.Va. The site's motto: "Always Anonymous . . . Always Juicy."



Read more: http://www.inrich.com/content/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-03-27-0158.html

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i don't know...maybe a future test case on internet libel?