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Benchmarks: 8th Circuit lifts injunction protecting student bloggers (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: October 18, 2012

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Two Missouri high school students will now have to face the consequences of creating a blog that mocked blacks and female classmates after the 8th Circuit yesterday lifted an injunction blocking their 180-day suspensions.

Discipline for Facebook posts didn’t violate free speech (access required)

Published: June 26, 2012

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A state university didn’t violate the First Amendment when it disciplined a student in a professional program for posting disrespectful and threatening comments on her Facebook page, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.

Library’s Internet filtering rules stand up (access required)

By: Tony Ogden
Published: May 7, 2010

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The Washington Supreme Court has sided with the North Central Regional Library System in a lawsuit challenging its Internet filtering policy.  At issue is whether libraries should offer a way to turn off Internet filters for adults who request it.

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