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Student Punished for Facebook Group Starts $10-Million Lawsuit

By admin | March 22, 2010

Student Punished for Facebook Group Starts $10-Million Lawsuit

A Ryerson University engineering student punished for his Facebook study group has started a $10-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto institution.

Chris Avenir faced 147 charges of academic misconduct two years ago for his Facebook group, which let engineering students “discuss/post solutions” to homework problems. The course stipulated that students had to conduct independent work. Mr. Avenir

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