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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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