| Article | Anti-cyber Bullying Statutes: Threat to Student Free Speech |
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| Authors |
Hayward J.
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| Name of magazine | Scientific-practical professional journal «Law of the USA» (Ukrainian language) |
| Issue | 1-2 / 2013 |
| Pages | 194 - 206 |
| Annotation | In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier committed suicide because of postings on MySpace, an Internet social networking site. As a result, twenty-one states have passed statutes prohibiting cyber bullying, i.e., bullying by electronic means. Many of these laws threaten student free speech. This article examines cyber bullying, the laws it has spawned, how they chill student speech and whether they are consistent with the U.S. Constitution. |
| Keywords | Anti-cyber bullying laws, student free speech, Internet social networks, cyber bullying, First Amendment. |
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