[privacy] Report Finds Rampant Censorship at American Colleges and Universities

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via Government Technology.

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A report released today by the Foundation for Individual Rights in
Education (FIRE) reveals that burdensome restrictions on speech are
commonplace at America's colleges and universities.

The report, entitled Spotlight on Speech Codes 2006: The State of Free
Speech on Our Nation's Campuses [.pdf], surveyed more than 330 schools and
found that an overwhelming majority of them explicitly prohibit speech
that, outside the borders of campus, is protected by the First Amendment to
the U.S. Constitution ["Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the
people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress
of grievances."]

"There is a common misconception that 'speech codes' are a thing of the
past -- a relic of the heyday of political correctness of the 1980s and 90s
- -- but the public needs to know that speech codes are perhaps more
pervasive and restrictive than ever," FIRE President Greg Lukianoff said.

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More:
http://www.govtech.net/news/news.php?id=102742

- - ferg

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