Bong Hits 4 Jesus: high court ruling's implications for online speech

andy carvin says,

I've just posted an analysis of today's Supreme Court ruling against the Bong Hits 4 Jesus kid. The court basically says that the school was within its rights to bust the kid because he was displaying anti[pro]-drug messaging and it was a school-sanctioned event, even though it occurred off campus. This might affect students who have been busted by schools for posting drug-related content on the websites, blogs and social networking profiles. Ironically, a school might be able to argue that this is justified if they also allow social networking access at school, thus making it school sanctioned. In contrast, schools that filter out social networking sites might have a harder time punishing kids for their drug-related online activities, because the act of filtering pretty much says that social networks aren't exactly school sanctioned. Pretty ironic if you ask me.

Here's a Wikipedia article on the case.

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