Ben Squires
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US Constitution gets a trigger warning on the National Archives website
At least one member of Congress has condemned the decision.
Rutgers bans unvaccinated online-only student from virtual classes
A vaccine passport is required, even for those who never set foot on campus.
Edinburgh computer science students banned from using popular coding names “Alice and Bob” for being “too Western”
And default terms “master” and “slave” are also banned.
Students’ petition fails to get professor who refused to use “trigger warnings” fired
A failed cancelation attempt.
Quinnipiac University threatens to cut off internet access for unvaccinated students
Other universities have also introduced similar policies.
Teacher who went viral for exposing controversial training says he was fired for his social media use
Jonathan Koeppel claims he was told his use of social media was “unprofessional.”
Eton teacher fired over YouTube video pushing back against idea of “toxic masculinity” cleared of wrongdoing by regulators
Knowland will be taking the school to an unemployment tribunal.
LSU ignored bias complaint of sorority student kicked out over TikTok video
Hines was denied her rightful appeal.
Ohio students kicked out of school over their parents’ campaign against Critical Race Theory
Three students expelled.
BBC pressured to delete article on positive aspects of climate change
Twitter users complained.
Professor Locked Out of Twitter for Sharing “harassing” Letter from Student Over Her “gender Critical” Views
Twitter forced the professor to delete the tweet in which the student told her to “choose your words carefully.”
UK colleges violate free speech by using software to report “micro aggressions”
Increasingly common in colleges.