The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Austin in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, says the public school’s harassment and computer policies are so broad that they unconstitutionally limit protected speech on campus and the internet.
The complaint asks a judge to declare the Texas State policies unconstitutional and grant an injunction preventing their enforcement. It names officials from the San Marcos campus and from the state’s public university system as defendants. It also quotes from an updated computer policy issued last July that threatens to revoke the email and internet network access of students who use digital resources for undefined “political purposes.” The policy adds that “referral to legal and law enforcement agencies” may occur as a result of reported violations.
The complaint follows two similar lawsuits that Speech First won against public universities in federal court last year.
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