Did you know that most social media outlets stipulate that children must be at least 13 years old to legally access their platforms?

Is it appropriate to comment or post about schools, staff or students? 

We are aware that there are social media accounts and pages with derogatory content linked to Foxwell State Secondary College.  We take great offense to this content, just as we know our parent community rightly do too. 

It’s important to remember that sometimes negative comments posted about the school community have a greater impact than expected.  Reputations of students, teachers, schools, principals and even parents can be permanently damaged — and in some cases, serious instances of inappropriate online behaviour are dealt with by police and the court system.

Possible civil or criminal ramifications of online commentary 

As we become aware of these sites and accounts, they are reported to the eSafety Commissioner and Education Queensland’s Cybersafety and Reputation Management Team.  On Monday, this team will attend Foxwell SSC to conduct a thorough investigation into the origin of these accounts and content as well as identifying individuals that follow, share, like or comment on this defamatory content.

A serious instance of inappropriate online behaviour may constitute a criminal offence and become a police matter. For example, online content may substantiate the offence of ‘using a carriage service to menace, harass or cause offence’ (Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s. 474.17). Defamatory online content may give rise to litigation under the Defamation Act 2005 (Qld). 

All Foxwell students need to be aware that following, sharing, liking or commenting in any way on inappropriate school related accounts or content is a serious breach of our Student Code of Conduct and children will be issued appropriate consequences.

Parents, we implore that you support your child to ensure the content they engage with on Social Media is appropriate and in keeping with our Foxwell SPIRIT values.  If you believe your child is engaging with any content that brings Foxwell SSC's reputation into question, they have some time over the weekend to conduct some "cyber house keeping" by unfollowing, unliking and deleting any posts or content that is questionable.  Foxwell is committed to working with you, to ensure our children remain safe online.