NY High Court: Local Cyberbullying Law Invalid

ALBANY

The state’s highest court ruled Tuesday that a local cyberbullying law is too broad, noting that “the First Amendment protects annoying and embarrassing speech,” the Associated Press reported. The Court of Appeals ruling concerned a high school student who anonymously posted embarrassing photographs of fellow students. He was charged with violating a 2010 Albany County law, which was now struck down.

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