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.
Red Flag: School officials keep calling us into endless meetings
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Red Flag: Our school cut our budget because they didn’t like our coverage
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.
Red Flag: My principal demands to read everything before we publish
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.
SPLC urges Seminole County School Board to change student media policy to prevent future censorship
Read the full letter SPLC sent to the Seminole County School Board urging them to adopt a new student media publications policy to prevent future censorship in the district.
SPLC commends the reversal of censorship at Lyman High School in Florida
SPLC commends the Seminole County School Board for rejecting the censorship of the Lyman High School yearbook and compromising with students.
Censorious Attacks on Student Press Freedom: SPLC Co-Sponsors Panel at World Press Freedom Day Global Conference in Uruguay
For World Press Freedom Day, the Student Press Law Center and PEN America co-sponsored a panel discussion at the UNESCO Global Conference.
Censored Editorial: Students, not suspects
The Student Press Law Center is republishing this censored editorial in full after Texas High School removed it.
Texas High School censors “well written and legally clean” editorial about drug searching
🧵High school students in Texas are fighting back against censorship of an editorial critiquing the school searching students' cars for drugs. SPLC attorneys say the story was well written and legally clean.
What is all this talk about “Prohibited Concepts” and how does it affect student journalists?
All around the country, an alarming trend has emerged: state governments are adopting school curriculum restrictions - some of which may impact student journalists. Called “anti-CRT”, “divisive concepts” or “don’t say gay” laws, these laws significantly - and often ambiguously - restrict what can and cannot be discussed in school materials. For student journalists, this… Continue reading What is all this talk about “Prohibited Concepts” and how does it affect student journalists?
Teenage journalism prodigy rallies her peers to stand up to censorship
Hilde Lysiak encourages her peers to pursue the truth and stand up to censorship and intimidation, because their stories matter.