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Article Anti-cyber Bullying Statutes: Threat to Student Free Speech
Authors Hayward J.
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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