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Addressing Bias: Rights, Responsibilities and Responses

First Amendment

The BasicsWhat is freedom of speech and how does it apply to me?


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My boyfriend’s ex put a video of her slam poetry performance online and it went viral. Her poem is about me and my boyfriend. Its success and its message has made life difficult and humiliating. Anything we can do?


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What can I do if I’m at a protest and someone is trying to provoke or bait me?


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Somebody put up a flyer on a public bulletin board that contains offensive content. Can I take that down? Is there any way to catch and punish the person who did it?


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I posted something online and people started trolling me, saying really horrible things, trying to get me to say something that would get me in trouble.


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