It seems like more and more often, students need to be reminded about the fact that the law applies in cyberspace too. Threats, defamation, harassment are just as illegal online as offline.
However, an issue appears when what student post on networking sites are not illegal, nor do they evidence or enable a crime - but, nevertheless, the postings constitute a offensive content that can upset school administrators or faculty?
In such cases, as Anita Ramasastry explains in her article, the First Amendment protects many student postings, ``as long as they do not materially disrupt school activities - and as long as the students attend public, not private, schools``.
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