Facebook gripes protected by free speech, ruling says
A former Florida high school student who was suspended by her principal after she set up a Facebook page to criticize her teacher is protected constitutionally under the First Amendment, a federal magistrate ruled.
U.S. Magistrate Barry Garber’s ruling, in a case viewed as important by Internet watchers, denied the principal’s motion to dismiss the case and allows a lawsuit by the student to move forward.
“We have constitutional values that will always need to be redefined due to changes in technology and society,” said Ryan Calo, an attorney with Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society.
“The fact that students communicate on a semi-public platform creates new constitutional issues and the courts are sorting them out,” Calo said.
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