Case involving free speech and the Internet is settled

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The Bellevue School District in Washington has issued an apology for punishing student Paul K. Kim for parodying the school on the World Wide Web after the ACLU filed a lawsuit to protect Kim's first amendment rights. Because the case was settled out of court, it establishes no legal precedent, but the ACLU says that it sends the first strong, national message that a student may publish on the Web with impunity. Kim's home page outraged school officials with its portrayal of high school students obsessed with sex and sports; it also included links to pornographic sites on the Web. In reprisal, school principal Karin Cathey withdrew the school's support for Kim's candidacy for a National Merit scholarship. She also wrote to the colleges to which Kim had applied and withdrew endorsements from any faculty members without notifying Kim of her intent to do so. The school's apology acknowledges that it has no right to interfere when students use their own time and resources to publish on the Internet.

Cases, Internet, American Civil Liberties Union, Litigation, Lawsuit/Litigation

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A new market for ads: 'cybertots.' (advertising online) (Internet

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Advertising techniques on the World Wide Web and its online services are increasingly focused on determining young computer users' inclinations and directing them to related commercial Web sites. Manufacturers gather demographic information on the so-called cybertots and manipulate the children into performing certain functions that will increase their awareness about a particular product or service. Parents are often unaware of the intensity and regularity with which their children are bombarded by advertising ploys while using the computer, viewing it simply as a preferable alternative to TV. However, the interactive nature of computers makes online advertising less passive than it is on TV.

Advertising, Internet/Web overview, World Wide Web, Social issue, Social conditions

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British students face loss of free tuition

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College admissions have more than doubled since 1988, straining the finances of the UK college funding system, which now guarantees a maintenance grant to any qualifying student. Imposition of tuition is widely expected, but not until after the 1997 elections.

United Kingdom, Universities and colleges, Education policy, Schools, Higher education, Higher education and state, College costs, Higher education costs

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