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The Associated Press reports on a ruling by the Indianapolis Court of Appeals that a student’s rants about a school principal on her MySpace page were political speech and ruled in her favor versus the school. Considering the number of MySpace stories we’ve had of late, largely stemming from the apparent absence of clear direction from the courts about jurisdiction, this is an interesting development that may have some long term effects on the viability of zero tolerance policies around speech-related offenses.

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