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Name: Regulating Student Created Websites: Free Speech in Cyberspace
ID: m14559
Language: English (en)
Summary: This article examines the application of First Amendment principles to web sites that were created by students. Schools sometimes attempt to regulate the speech of students on such web sites by imposing disciplinary sanctions on the students who create the sites. The ability of schools to take such action depends on the interplay of a variety of factors, including the location at which web site was created (on or off campus), whether the web site was disseminated on campus, the extent to which the site caused disruption at the school, and the nature of the expression on the website. The article discusses the applicable case law and concludes with some practical guideline that can be applied by school administrators who find that they are considering disciplinary action against students with regard to student created web sites.
Subject: Social Sciences, Science and Technology
Keywords: First Ammendment, Internet, NCPEA, student discipline, student speech, web page
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: William Glenn (wglenn@vt.edu)
Copyright Holders: William Glenn (wglenn@vt.edu)
Maintainers: National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu), William Glenn (wglenn@vt.edu)
Latest version: 1.1 (history)
First publication date: May 30, 2007 12:53 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: May 31, 2007 9:22 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.1 May 31, 2007 9:22 am GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
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