Experts call on schools to not penalize students for sharing images of maskless classmates

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As scores of American children return to classrooms under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, free speech experts have bristled at the sight of a public school punishing a student for practicing her right to free speech by sharing a photo of classmates not wearing masks and not social distancing on campus.

looked like at the end of a school day, was suspended for five days for violating several parts of the school's code of conduct, she said. Those violations included using a cell phone during school hours, using social media during school hours and violating student privacy by photographing them, she said. The school reversed the suspension on Friday; Hannah can return to class on Monday, she added.

There is no expectation of privacy in a crowded public school hallway, Hiestand said. As such, there's no reasonable claim that these sorts of photos are violating anyone's legal right to privacy, particularly now when the lead headline of many news organizations has to do with students returning to school during a global pandemic, he added.The First Amendment and what it means to students

When it comes to cell phones and whether they are a disruption, administrators can impose reasonable restrictions such as not using them during school hours but a principal cannot legally control what students post on social media off campus or after hours, though these attempts are seen from time to time, Gutterman said.

 

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COVID19 will sweep through schools like wildfire, mask or no mask. There are examples already out of the US.

Maskless and brainless

No kidding!

Really? Sounds like a controlling to me

The only ones who should be punished are the ones in charge for letting this happen!

Everyone's a snitch, everyone's a leaker -- smartphones and the Internet have turned regular people into paparazzi

This is news? What happened to we? 84 million to Telford husband?

Bullying in all of its forms cannot be condoned.

So now we’re ENCOURAGING bullying🤬. Got it!

Karen

Experts... not common sense. This is ground breaking reporting!

Posting pictures of people without their consent is not ok. Neither is publicly shaming.

This is nothing compared to what is taking place in Australia.

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Open the schools full force, no masks because this is BS already. It’s unfortunate the pro maskers will abuse their children forcing them to wear a mask that does not work.

Many will have medical exemption anyway. open it up.

Why dont the 'experts' tell canada what the covid19 numbers are compared to the annual flu? 'Health Canada reports 8 million Canadians are infected every winter and 4,000-8,000 of these will die from flu-related pneumonia.' cdnpoli DerekSloanCPC

Closes the schools and colleges all 50 USA and other country

You can put an orange peel on your face and the mob will leave you alone. It's not about science and safety it's about compliance.

Close. The. Schools.

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