School Bans Student’s Blogs
Isn’t this going overboard?
NEWARK, N.J. ? A Roman Catholic high school has ordered its students to remove their online diaries from the Internet, citing a threat from cyberpredators.
Students at Pope John XXIII Regional High School in Sparta appear to be heeding a directive from the principal, the Rev. Kieran McHugh.
McHugh told them in an assembly earlier this month to remove any personal journals they might have or risk suspension.
From School orders students to remove blogs (USA Today).
UPDATE: Apparently there is more to the story.
Posted: October 30th, 2005 under Uncategorized.
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Comment from J.W. Koebel
Time: November 1, 2005, 8:37 pm
According to some reports, a fair amount of the blogs which they are now requiring to be removed, are very critical of the school and some of the things it attempts to instill.
It’s unfortunate that an organization, especially a religious one which should at least try to be above such behavior, to attempt to censor criticism and free speech in a way that would spark a revolution if a government tried it.
Comment from Mark Sicignano
Time: November 2, 2005, 10:21 am
Thanks for that. I dug and found another article that provides more detail and added the update to my original blog entry.
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