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Student Press Law Center
@SPLC
Free legal help & info for student journalists. First Amendment champion. Not affiliated with Southern Poverty Law Center @SPLCenter.
Washington, D.C.
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Jun 4, 2019
    |￣￣￣￣￣￣￣ | | WE'RE | | NOT THE | | SOUTHERN | | POVERTY | | LAW CENTER | |＿＿＿＿＿____ | (\__/) || (•ㅅ•) || / 　 づ
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    Jawn F. Kennedy
    @jawn_f_kennedy
    Jun 4, 2019
    The @SPLC ‘s endless chain of replies of “hey you tagged the wrong SPLC” on twitter is almost as funny as their automated message that plays when you call that reminds you they are not the Southern Poverty Law Center
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Mar 12, 2021
    A Nebraska high school protected the First Amendment rights of high school students flying Confederate flags, but not the student reporters who tried to cover it.
    Nebraska high school journalist refuses to back down, publishes her censored article on Confederate...
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Feb 11, 2022
    The Student Press Law Center's attorneys are working with @TheBattOnline to fight for their print edition. Show your support for student press freedom and tell @TAMU to reverse this decision.
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    The Battalion
    @TheBattOnline
    Feb 11, 2022
    Texas A&M leadership orders The Battalion to stop printing weekly editions following abrupt ultimatum — join the university, or be stripped of resources, with only a day’s notice. thebatt.com/news/breaking-…
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    Student Press Law Center
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    May 9, 2022
    🧵 CENSORSHIP ALERT: Administrators of Seminole County Public Schools in Florida have prevented the distribution of @LymanJournalism yearbook because of a spread documenting the student walkout over the state's "Don't Say Gay" law.
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Dec 4, 2018
    We've published the story that was censored: bit.ly/2RyIRgk
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    John Harte
    @jhdps
    Dec 4, 2018
    Fellow journalists, educators and lovers of student journalism, here is the story that has been taken down by admins at @HarBerWildcats in Arkansas and resulted in suspension of newspaper. Please, for these young journalists, share, share, share! @SPLC webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache…
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Oct 15, 2025
    We are alarmed that @IUMediaSchool issued orders to interfere with content @idsnews and fired its adviser. These actions disregard strong First Amendment protections and a long-standing tradition of student editorial independence @IUBloomington. More: loom.ly/dypEC6s
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Jun 28, 2017
    Replying to @Popehat @LawyerBirb and @Claire_Voltaire
    Checking our mentions every morning is like a weird, alternative Christmas with gifts from virulent racists and "legal experts."
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Feb 12, 2019
    "Since Parkland" is a massive reporting project by student journalists with help from partners at the Miami Herald and McClatchy to document the stories of children and teenagers killed by gun violence in the U.S. in the last year. bit.ly/2WWWrNE
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    Student Press Law Center
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    May 2, 2024
    Journalists should not be arrested for doing their job. All of us are better informed when they can undertake their constitutionally protected duty without fear for their personal safety or wellbeing. @dartmouth
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    The Dartmouth
    @thedartmouth
    May 2, 2024
    Last night, two of The Dartmouth’s journalists were arrested while reporting on campus protests. Dartmouth: help drop the charges. thedartmouth.com/ee6e783b-55eb-…
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Jul 26, 2020
    “She’s a machine”: A high school journalist reports on the Portland protests every night despite having guns pointed at her, and tear gas and flash bangs thrown at her. bit.ly/3jwgH42
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    Student Press Law Center
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    May 5, 2022
    🧵High school students in Texas are fighting back against censorship of an editorial critiquing the school searching students' cars for drugs. Student Press Law Center attorneys say the story was well written and legally clean. bit.ly/3kJSTLX
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Mar 15, 2020
    How the Trump campaign is weaponizing libel and threatening the First Amendment. bit.ly/2W9F0eP
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Aug 26, 2022
    ⚠️CENSORSHIP ALERT: Nebraska high school shuts down award-winning Student paper after principal & school board criticize LGBTQIA+ content. bit.ly/3wxW93q
    Censorship Alert
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    Student Press Law Center
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    Oct 28, 2022
    brb crying 🥺😭😭 We just surprised @TheBattOnline with the 2022 Student Press Freedom Award, and look at the reaction in the room at #MediaFest22!! Keep up the fight, Battalion! You’ve got an amazing community supporting you.
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