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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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Missouri governor signs legislation securing students’ rights to freely associate on campus
A new law protects campus groups’ freedom to set their own membership rules — affirming students don’t leave the First Amendment at the campus gate.

Purdue fails its own test on institutional neutrality
Purdue claimed neutrality — until a student paper challenged it. But pressuring the paper to change its name is not neutrality. It’s censorship.

Extortion in plain sight
A baseless lawsuit, FCC strong-arming, an $8 billion merger — and free speech hanging in the balance. Robert Corn-Revere exposes the political pressure campaign that forced CBS to settle a case that never should’ve been filed.

Jailed for basic journalism, Texas reporter takes free speech fight to Supreme Court
When local officials tried to turn journalism into a crime, Priscilla Villarreal refused to back down. Arrested for asking questions, now with FIRE at her side, she’s taking her fight all the way to the Supreme Court.