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Disorderly Conduct Charge for Offensive Classmate Ratings

Posted by timothy on from the stop-thinking-that dept.

Hatta writes "A Chicago-area teenager who posted a demeaning list of female classmates on Facebook has been arrested for disorderly conduct. Is this an appropriate response to online harassment, or a threat to free speech?"

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  1. The summary is bad by bsharp8256 · · Score: 5, Informative

    He didn't get arrested and charged because he posted it on Facebook, TFA says he distributed hard copies at school.