Internet deplorer: student speech rules.

• Author: Ross, John K.
• Position: Citings - Brief article

Last summer North Carolina legislators made it a Class 2 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 60 days in jail or a $0,000 fine, for any student to use a computer with the "intent to intimidate or torment" school employees.

Activities covered by the law include creating a fake profile, signing school employees up for spam mail or onto a pornographic site, publishing doctored or undoctored photos, or making a "statement, whether true or false, intending to immediately provoke, and that is likely to provoke, any third party to stalk or...