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"Former Pembroke Pines student sues principal over Facebook suspension"

"Former Pembroke Pines student sues principal over Facebook suspension": Today's edition of The South Florida Sun-Sentinel contains an article that begins, "A former Pembroke Pines Charter High School student filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the school's principal, alleging that he violated her first-amendment rights by suspending her for creating a Facebook page that criticized one of her teachers. Katherine Evans called her Advanced Placement English teacher 'the worst teacher I've ever met!' on a page she created on the popular social networking site in November 2007 when she was a senior in high school, said the suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union."

The ACLU of Florida has issued a news release titled "ACLU Sues to Protect Broward Student's Free Speech in Web 2.0 World ; Off-Campus Facebook Posting Covered by First Amendment." You can access the complaint filed yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida at this link.

Full post as published by How Appealing on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).