Student Press Law Center Legal Hotline
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Thank you for contacting the Student Press Law Center’s Hotline. Our legal team is committed to helping you find the answers you need to address your student-media-related legal questions and concerns. SPLC attorneys will respond as quickly as possible – usually within three business days. If you indicated your situation is more urgent, we will… Continue reading Your Hotline Request Has Been Submitted
Who is liable for AI-generated content?
In this Legal Question of the Week, SPLC experts address if student media are liable for AI-generated content they publish.
Can police search our newsroom?
Q: Can the police or campus security search our newsroom to get unpublished photos, notes or videos? A: Almost never. The federal Privacy Protection Act makes it illegal for law enforcement officers or government officials to search a newsroom (or anywhere else where newsgathering materials are kept, such as the trunk of a reporter’s car)… Continue reading Can police search our newsroom?
Are charter school student journalists protected by the Constitution?
SPLC experts explain a recent case which determined that charter school students’ rights are protected as they are in public schools.
Who owns AI-generated content?
SPLC experts break down the latest information on who maintains ownership of AI-generated content that is used in a student publication.
Red Flag: My college adviser insists on prior review
Courts have made clear that mandatory prior review at a public college violates the First Amendment.
A Guide to Iowa’s Student Free Expression Law
Passed in 1989 and updated in 2021, the law protects the press freedom of Iowa’s public school student journalists and their advisers. The law says that student media cannot be censored by school officials, except in certain very narrow circumstances, and that advisers cannot be penalized for refusing to infringe on their students’ press rights. … Continue reading A Guide to Iowa’s Student Free Expression Law
Red Flag: My principal delayed their review of a story long after we wanted to publish it
Administrators cannot use prior review to unreasonably delay a story’s publication. This is a red flag for censorship.
Red Flag: School officials keep calling us into endless meetings
Censorship isn’t always cut and dry. That’s why, for the next few weeks, the Student Press Law Center is highlighting some common red flags — so you can keep an eye out for censorship.
