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Takedown demands? Here is a roadmap of choices, rationale
Because of a growing number of takedown demands, requests for removal of online articles, JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission offers guidelines to assist students and their advisers face these...
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Legal considerations for responding to takedown demands
by Mark Goodman When a student news organization receives a demand to remove content from its website, consider a handful of legal considerations as well journalistic and ethical ones. The first...
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Ethical principles and considerations
If your students have to make takedown decisions, the legal advice is essential. Just as important are the various ethical possibilities, too. While the legal principles are relatively clear, ethical...
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Possible takedown models
Possible takedown choices Model A: Leave everything as is, if: • The request is designed to retain image or avoid embarrassment • No discernible evidence of factual or legal issue • Value of not...
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Resources for takedown demands
Resources for the guidelines: • Responding to takedown demands http://www.splc.org/knowyourrights/legalresearch.asp?id=111 • Responding to takedown demands http://www.splc.org/pdf/takedowndemand.pdf •...
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Welcome back – here’s a look at what to expect in the coming weeks
As we all head back to school, look for some new content in the next week: • An article focusing who who owns scholastic media content and choices to establish best approach for students • An article...
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Online comments: Allow anyone to post, or monitor and approve first An ethics...
Considering online comments: Allow anyone to comment to protect the forum or keep comments focused? by John Bowen Description Should online comments be allowed without review? Does doing so protect...
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In case you missed something we’ve done …
In case you might have missed some of our key projects and materials, here is a quick and easy way to locate them. Materials range from access to the Panic Button to passing free expression legislation...
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Facing takedown demands requires thoughtful planning of guidelines
Because student media takedown demands continue to grow and the JEA listserv recently discussed issues that could be involved in information takedown, JEA’s Scholastic Press Rights Committee reposts...
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Facing takedown demands: Free Speech Week
A recent article by the Poynter Institute’s Rick Edmonds brings to light free speech choices journalists sometimes have to make. At issue are Takedown Demands. Scholastic media are not – and will not...
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Quick Hits…because you asked
by John Bowen Because of questions asked on JEA’s listserv this week, the Scholastic Press Rights Committee reposts information and guidelines from earlier content ownership and takedown guidelines. To...
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Do we have the right to erase the past? The take-down conundrum leads to debate
by Lindsay Coppens, Adviser of The Harbinger, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA Should what is posted about us (comments, articles, photos, videos) online be under our control? Should...
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Takedown requests: when the right to preserve history conflicts with the...
Blog by Kristin Taylor As more student newspapers move to digital platforms, editors and advisers are facing a new and insidious form of post-publication censorship: takedown requests. The requests...
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