Should Schools Be Allowed To Limit Students Online Speech?

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Should Schools be Allowed to Limit Students’ Online Speech?

Did you know that 38.8% of people have cyberbullied someone before? The problem is that to many people are getting cyberbullied and people are just pushing it aside. This is a problem because there are 41.7% of people who have been cyberbullied before. There are three reasons why schools should limit students’ online speech: some people are being harassed online, people are invading the privacy of other people, and some people post mean pictures/videos of people. One reason why schools should limit students’ online speech is people can get hurt because of cyberbullying. There is evidence of this in document C. In the document it says that K.K was accusing someone of being sexually

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