![]() LOS ANGELS- A US District judge in LA sided with the student, saying the school went too far. Amid rising concerns over cyber-bullying, and even calls for criminalization, some courts, parents, and free speech advocates are pushing back - students, they say, have a First Amendment right to be nasty in cyberspace . A recent LA Times article reported that a Beverly Hills school suspended an 8th grade student who posted a video on YouTube with several other students calling yet another student "spoiled," a "brat," and a "slut." Read the article here. The suspended student took the case to federal court, saying her free speech rights had been violated. See J.C. v. Beverly Hills Unified School District, Case No. 08-cv-03824, California, U.S. District Court (2009). Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Stephen V. Wilson sided with her. "To allow the school to cast this wide a net and suspend a student simply because another student takes offense to their speech, without any evidence that such speech caused a substantial disruption of the school's activities, runs afoul of the law," wrote Judge Wilson in a 60 page opinion. Click here to read the court's decision http://lawyersusaonline.com/wp-files/pdfs/jc-v-beverly-hills.pdf mohttp://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2009/12/14/judge_rules_students_cruel_remarks_online_are_not_unconstitutional/This decision. This decisionhis decision “ CommentsManalauis Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:27:31 Stoller is not a "cyber Bully" Anon Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:56:01 I supposed whether Stoller is a cyber bully is debatable. What is clear is that he is a lying scumbag and coward. Scumbag Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:47:28 Happy New Year Anon David Stone Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:12:11 I won't have given Brooke a "dime" either. Leave a Reply |