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Free speech: School district struggle to regulate student-teacher contact on social media

donal brown December 19, 2011

As the social media becomes a useful tool for teachers to contact students about work or to help reluctant or shy students, abuses have surfaced with teachers making inappropriate contact leading in some cases to sexual abuse. Citing free speech issues, a Missouri judge recently threw out a new law banning contact on the social media between teachers and students, but the need for boundaries remains as school districts struggle to balance free speech and

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Schools struggle to balance free speech rights with responsible use of social media

donal brown November 10, 2011

Delaware schools and schools across the country are crafting policies to encourage responsible use of the social media but in doing so often run head on into the First Amendment. Many educators and free speech advocates see the need to educated students at an early age to the consequences of cyberbullying and other questionable uses of the social media. -db From DFMNews, November 8, 2011, by Eileen Smith Dallabrida. Full story    

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Online posting: Student speech subject to greater regulation after Supreme Court refuses to hear case

donal brown October 31, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court left standing a lower court ruling supporting the punishment of a high school student for criticizing a decision by school officials in a vulgar online posting. By ruling not to hear the case, the Court sidestepped an opportunity to establish guidelines for regulation of student speech in social media forums. -db From The CT Mirror, October 31, 2011, by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas. Full story

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Free speech: Los Angeles policeman posts photo of dead boy on Twitter

donal brown October 24, 2011

When a Los Angeles police detective posted a photo of a murder victim on Twitter, questions arose about the propriety of the post and the policeman’s free speech rights. Even though the Los Angeles Police Department does not have a policy on the use of social media, they asked the detective to forego posting details about his investigations. -db From a commentary for Suffolk Media Law, October 22, 2011, by Brian Lynch. Full story

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