Victory! Federal Court Upholds First Amendment Protections for Student’s Off-Campus Social Media Post

EFF intern Emma Plankey contributed to this blog post.

Students should not have to fear expulsion for expressing themselves on social media after school and off-campus, but that is just what happened to the plaintiff in C1.G v. Siegfried. Last month, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the student’s expulsion violated his First Amendment rights. The court’s opinion affirms what we argued in an amicus brief last year.

We strongly support the Tenth Circuit’s holding that schools cannot regulate …

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