Lawsuits are popping up nationwide as bullies move from punching someone on the playground to writing nasty and sometimes libelous postings about classmates, teachers and school officials on the Internet, where everyone can read them. Public and private schools have launched crackdowns on the online bullies, but that has left them vulnerable to accusations that they're violating the students' First Amendment rights, particularly when the posting is made on an off-campus computer as most are.
April 26, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When high school teacher Lee Waters logged onto a popular Web site and read the demeaning sexual comments a student had posted alongside her picture, the Sarasota, Fla., woman felt completely degraded.
The school district suspended the North Port High School student, but attorney Geoffrey Morris said Waters doesn’t think the boy understands the humiliation she feels.
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