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College backtracks on Facebook expulsion


February 20, 2012 by Claire Knight

A grad student heard a community leader make racist comments — so the scholar did what most people do: He vented about it on Facebook. Then he was expelled from school, but he fought that, too.

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Supreme Court declines to hear online speech cases


January 22, 2012 by Claire Knight

Bad news: The U.S. Supreme Court has, yet again, declined to hear cases regarding online, off-campus speech.

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Supreme Court sidesteps the No. 1 tech question


November 9, 2011 by Claire Knight

The $64,000 question: Can school officials discipline students for off-campus speech?

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Who needs a 1st Amendment lesson: Students or teachers?


October 3, 2011 by Jake Simms

Some teachers think students expressing their opinions via social media poses a danger.

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‘Free speech rights!’ student cries in court


October 3, 2011 by Claire Knight

After a student created a Facebook group at home, she was suspended from school. Then she filed a lawsuit:

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Facebook suspension: Court explains where school went wrong


September 26, 2011 by Claire Knight

Can students be suspended from extracurricular activities at school for posting raunchy photos on Facebook?

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Teacher’s blog puts school in Catch-22: Now what?


September 19, 2011 by Claire Knight

Thanks to a teacher’s online rants, one school’s in a no-win situation that just won’t end. 

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Student’s ‘prank’ leads to suspension


September 9, 2011 by Claire Knight

How far can a school go to maintain order during a school-sponsored event?

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The ACLU’s new target: Internet filters in schools


August 31, 2011 by Jake Simms

If the American Civil Liberties Union gets its way, students will have no problem accessing gay advocacy websites at school.

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Are IMs protected speech? Court weighs in


August 18, 2011 by Claire Knight

Can school officials discipline students for private instant messages (IMs) sent from home?

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