Zoom canceled an event featuring Khaled at San Francisco State University in the fall after pressure from pro-Israel groups such as the Lawfare Project, a nonprofit that works to protect the human and civil rights of Jewish communities. Several subsequent events at other institutions were also canceled by Zoom and other platforms such as Facebook and YouTube.
At the time, Zoom said it had canceled the event because of Khaled’s “reported affiliation or membership in a U.S. designated foreign terrorist organization” and Zoom s determination that the San Francisco State meeting was a violation of the company’s terms of service.
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When John had his troubles with Marquette University a few years ago, I offered to go to Wisconsin and testify on his behalf. I thought that perhaps a gay man could help his case. I also offered financial help for his defense. He didn t need my testimony and he already had a team of great lawyers, and I was delighted when he won his case. I ve always been a big supporter of free speech - and even thought I am a big supporter of same-sex marriage, I also support the rights of people to be opposed.
HANOVER The dean of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth is denying that the medical school issued a new social media use policy for students earlier this month because of online criticism it was receiving over administrators’ handling of an.
Cynically, the bill can be read as encouraging students to snitch on professors they disagree with politically. Numerous professors have faced public scrutiny over snippets of surreptitiously recorded classroom talks that have found their way online. Often, these clips are subsequently shown to be lacking context. But faculty members in Florida say they’re more concerned about the bill being an invitation to violate the sanctity of the learning space, given how easy it is to upload videos to the internet anonymously.
“Nobody will feel comfortable participating in class knowing that someone else may be making a permanent record of their words,” said Erin Ryan, Elizabeth C. and Clyde W. Atkinson Professor of Law at Florida State University and vice chair of the Faculty Senate there. “These records, especially if taken out of context, may come back to haunt speakers later when seeking employment, promotion, public office, or personally.”
Like many schools, Dartmouth College has increasingly turned to technology to monitor students taking exams at home. And while many universities have used proctoring tools that purport to help educators prevent cheating, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine has gone dangerously further. Apparently.