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How Free Speech Is Made Better & Stronger

May 8, 2012 by CiviliNation

Just a reminder…

 

 

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Filed Under: Cybercivility Tagged With: Cyberbullying, Cybercivility, Freedom of Speech

Stanford Symposium Addresses Privacy Rights and Free Speech

March 22, 2012 by CiviliNation

The Stanford Technology Law review, in conjunction with The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, hosted the 2012 Symposium: First Amendment Challenges in the Digital Age on February 10.

The first panel featured a discussion about “Taking Forgetting Seriously,” which covered privacy rights and free speech and addressed the European Commission’s Right To Be Forgotten. The panelists included Franz Werro, professor at Georgetown Law; Dr. Lothar Determann, a partner at Baker & McKenzie; Patrick Ryan, Policy Counsel at Open Internet, Google; and Michael Fertik, founder and CEO of Reputation.com, with James Temple, technology columnist of the San Francisco Chronicle, serving as moderator.

Watch the video or listen to the audio.

 

Filed Under: Cybercivility Tagged With: Cybercivility, Defamation, Freedom of Speech, Law

Court of Appeals Ruled Eyebrow-Raising Facebook Posts Are Not Protected Speech

August 4, 2011 by CiviliNation

We’re living in a fascinating historical period where American courts are grappling with the question of where the boundaries between free speech and socially unacceptable behavior lie.

In a case involving a mortuary student, a cadaver named Bernie and threatening statements made on Facebook about updating a “death list,” the Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the University of Minnesota’s right to discipline the student, finding that:

“Schools may limit or discipline student expression if school officials ‘reasonably conclude that it will materially and substantially disrupt the work and discipline of the school’….Whether or not [the student] intended her posts to be satire or mere venting does not diminish the university’s substantial interest in protecting the safety of its students and faculty and addressing potentially threatening conduct.”

Minnesota attorney Marylee Abrams analyzed the court’s decision and noted that:

“Based on the Court’s rationale, we can extrapolate a few take-aways.  Clearly, the Court took note of the fact there was an adopted social media polity which established notice and expected accountability. Training on the policy, and requiring a signed acknowledgment form indicating receipt of the policy, were also mentioned by the Court as important to their ruling. Finally, if social media use can be proven to disrupt work and discipline, it is less likely to be determined to be protected speech.”


Filed Under: Cybercivility Tagged With: Cybercivility, Freedom of Speech, Law

New Survey Highlights the Incivility of American Politics

June 23, 2011 by CiviliNation

We’ve previously written how incivility negatively impacts political discourse and why we urgently need to turn things around (Gabrielle Giffords shooting highlights need for civility). Fortunately there are organizations such as The National Institute Civil Discourse that are focusing specifically on the problem of destructive political rhetoric.

A newly-released report highlights the extent of the public’s dissatisfaction with the current state. According to the results of the second annual Weber Shandwick/Powell Tate survey on this subject, nine out of ten Americans say that political candidates’ tone and civility will impact their vote in 2012:

The survey found that roughly 9 in 10 said “the way the candidate treats and deals with people he or she disagrees with” (90 percent) and “the candidate’s tone or level of civility” (88 percent) will play an important role in determining their vote for president in 2012. These figures reflect a sharp change in attitude. About two-thirds of Americans (67 percent) reported that in the past they had decided against voting for a certain candidate because he or she acted uncivilly.

Furthermore, “most Americans (91%) agree that incivility has negative consequences for America. Incivility in government is perceived to be harming America’s future, hurting its reputation on the world stage and preventing it from moving forward.”

Read the Executive Summary of last year’s report Civility In America: A Nationwide Study and this year’s full report Civility in America 2011.

 

 

Filed Under: Cybercivility Tagged With: Civility, Cybercivility, Freedom of Speech

Digital Sisterhood Radio

December 27, 2010 by CiviliNation

Listen to an interview on Digital Sisterhood Radio with CiviliNation founder Andrea Weckerle talking about CiviliNation’s mission, activities and plans for the future.

Filed Under: In the News Tagged With: Andrea Weckerle, CiviliNation, Conflict Resolution, Cyberbullying, Cybercivility, Freedom of Speech, Privacy, Reputation

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