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UW Madison sued over alleged social media censorship
A former student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is suing after the university allegedly barred her from commenting on posts from certain unive…
By Jackson Walker
Wesleyan College jumped the gun by expelling student over racist social media posts. It's now paying dearly.
A Wesleyan College student was wrongly expelled in 2020 over a social media post she had nothing to do with it.
By Angela Morabito
Utah State faces calls to change 'unconstitutional' social media policy
After students who were critical of USU were blocked from the school's official Twitter account, a free speech organization wrote a letter to the scho…
By Abigail Streetman
NYU study, paid for by billionaire Biden-backer, claims conservative censorship on social media isn't real
Researchers at New York University published a report claiming there is no evidence of bias against conservative social media users, and characterizi…
By Abigail Streetman
Prof draws criticism for sharing 'Wuhan Plague' picture on social media
A University of New Mexico professor posted images on Facebook referring to the coronavirus as the "Wuhan Plague."
By Leo Thuman
New York Supreme Court dismisses Chinese-American student’s case against Fordham over social media posts
In June, Tong was placed on disciplinary probation by Fordham for his controversial Instagram posts, including one displaying himself with a large fir…
By Margaret Beste
Academics & scholars are standing up to 'social media mobs' and 'cancel culture'
Dozens of academics decided to take a stand against “cancel culture” and free speech by composing and/or signing the Philadelphia Statement on Civil D…
By Leana Dippie
Northeastern uses social media poll to threaten students planning to party
The university contacted the students who answered “yes,” threatening to rescind their admission if they did not confirm their approval of the school’…
By Ben Zeisloft
Fordham student banned from campus over social media post files First Amendment lawsuit
The lawsuit states that Fordham discriminated against Tong, despite knowing "that a significant motivation for Tong's social media posts was his desir…
By Lacey Kestecher
College expels student for 'racist' social media post, then discovers what actually happened
Wesleyan College expelled a student for allegedly making racist social media posts.
By Dean Barker
Free speech experts slam 'vague' policy policing student social media activity
By Katie Everett
OU reverses social media ban on suspended groups amid First Amendment questions
A free speech nonprofit told Campus Reform that the restriction doesn’t pass the First Amendment.
By Adam Sabes
Free speech org: Ohio college bans frats, sororities from communicating on social media
Amid hazing allegations, individuals within these groups are reportedly not allowed to communicate via social media, and the university won't tell the…
By Celine Ryan
Mean words machine? Researchers reveal racial bias in social media ‘hate speech’ detector
Several researchers participated in analyzing two sets of data consisting of tweets that had been flagged by PerspectiveAPI for “toxic language.”
By Addison Smith
Prof 'disciplined' after social media post mocking Trump-supporting student surfaces
Local media in North Carolina reported that a community college professor took a photo of a student who supports President Donald Trump, and then post…
By Celine Ryan
Clemson U. police to monitor students' social media during Ga. Tech. game
By Brittany Slaughter
UW-Tacoma developing tool to scan social media for 'hate speech'
By Robert Shimshock
Berkeley researchers offer social media platforms easier way to censor
The researchers predict that major social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter will adopt the system.
By Adam Sabes
DePaul course examines social media and 'attacks on women and queer people'
By Ema Gavrilovic
Profs develop tool for flagging 'social media prejudice'
Professors at the University of Buffalo and Arizona State University have developed a system to flag social media posts that have "the potential to sp…
By Celine Ryan
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