Professor makes legal case for schools to challenge cyberbullies

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Student bullying on the internet could be headed for a showdown with a 50-year-old U.S. Supreme Court case that granted expansive First Amendment rights to kids in public school. When it does, University of Illinois journalism professor Benjamin Holden, through a two-part legal study - part of which was published this week - is ready to make the case for challenging the offenders, arguing for new standards under which school officials can punish cyberbullying.

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