TELEGRAPH.CO.UK - May 31 - Rich Martell, 21, was forced to pay GBP 300 and take the site down after University College London (UCL) deemed that the website, FitFinder, brought the institution into disrepute. The site, which allowed UCL students to flirt with each other online, reached 5M hits within four weeks of opening and was soon spread to other universities. Authorities at UCL deemed the website an undesirable distraction from academic work, and representatives of other universities also contacted UCL to complain about the site. FULL ARTICLE @ TELEGRAPH.CO.UK
Imagine if the following had happened instead:
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
Dear Mr. Zuckerberg,
Please take down your website "Facebook". It brings Harvard into disrepute and is an undesirable distraction from academic work . . .
Posted by: Glenn Millar | Jun 01, 2010 at 07:16 PM