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Censoring or Protecting?
By: Kendra Hurley
Published: October 28, 2005
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In the name of protecting young people from cyberpredators, a New Jersey Roman Catholic high school now prohibits students from posting personal blogs on the Internet, raising “interesting questions about the intersection of free speech and voluntary agreements with private institutions," the Associated Press reports (here via the New York Times; registration required). This is one of several recent efforts in the United States to restrict students’ Internet postings.

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