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Schools and Internet Harassment
The Wall Street Journal features an interesting article today discussing attempts by schools to address the rise in “cyberbullying.” The article mainly addresses high schools, but new “cyberbullying” laws and regulations can potentially affect college students as well. As Greg noted in a recent post to The Torch, controversies on campus involving popular networking sites such as MySpace.com and Facebook.com are nothing new.
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FIRE is monitoring outbreaks of violence and arrests on campuses nationwide. Sadly, we must again restate a bedrock principle: Violence is never acceptable.
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New Title IX regulations encourage colleges to violate free speech rights and to eliminate essential due process protections.
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