DHAKA: A German state has banned Facebook contact between students and teachers, citing the social media network’s storage of personal data for commercial purposes.

Teachers chatting with students online and giving them access to photos and personal information also jeopardises professional distance, cautioned a message on the policy sent to teachers this week in Rhineland-Palatinate state.

‘More and more, in certain schools, there are teachers and students who talk about school-related topics over Facebook, and we do not want that,’ state education ministry spokesman Wolf-Juergen Karle told media, reports The Straits Times.

These conversations should happen over secure online educational platforms instead, Karle said.

BDST: 1932 HRS, OCT 22, 2013
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