Princeton University has revised a policy that allowed students to use no-contact orders against student journalists. The policy, which was criticized by organizations like FIRE and ADL, was amended after their concerns were raised. The revised policy came just a day after the organizations wrote to Princeton. The initial policy was seen as hindering journalists from accurately documenting campus events. The amendment was welcomed, although some expressed embarrassment that it took external pressure for the university to make the change.
Today is campus safetyism run amok: @Princeton had a policy which allowed students to get a "no-contact order" issued against anyone they wanted. There were essentially no questions asked and no due process involved. A big problem with this is that journalists couldn't do…
Today is campus safetyism run amok: @Princeton had a policy which allowed students to get a "no-contact order" issued against anyone they wanted. There were no questions asked and no due process involved. A big problem with this is that journalists couldn't do their jobs. The…
Very embarrassing that Princeton needed FIRE bullying to get to the right position on this, but at least they did. Students trying to accurately document what happens on their campus should never be impeded, let alone treated like public menaces. https://t.co/QGDxbH81aE
VICTORY: Princeton amends no-contact order policy after FIRE/ADL letter https://t.co/Ae4TfhwzlE via @TheFIREorg
Well, that didn’t take long! @Princeton took just a day to revise a historically abused policy that let students weaponize no-contact orders against student journalists. FIRE and @ADL wrote to Princeton with our concerns late last week. https://t.co/0Ijlxm4CjU https://t.co/IBjC3bn7mu