Clarence Page: A college-level challenge – when free speech sounds like cyberbullying
At the University of Chicago, a student’s Twitter rhetoric sounds a lot like ‘a genuine threat or harassment,’ which would violate campus policies.
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At the University of Chicago, a student’s Twitter rhetoric sounds a lot like ‘a genuine threat or harassment,’ which would violate campus policies.
A University of Chicago student who happens to be white objected to an undergraduate anthropology class titled “The Problem of Whiteness.” Daniel Schmidt,
A University of Chicago student who happens to be white objected to an undergraduate anthropology class titled “The Problem of Whiteness.” Daniel Schmidt, a sophomore who didn’t know the lecturer, was outraged — and he showed it in a tweet that happened to include the lecturer’s photo and email address. If you know anything about the bottomless hunger of online culture, it won’t surprise you ...
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that makes it harder to hold people responsible for harassment online could send a troubling symbolic message about free speech to institutions other than government, argues Kara Alaimo.