Some forms of student media censorship extend to expression not funded by or under the official auspices of the school system or college (for example, confiscating independently produced underground publications or imposing discipline for material posted on off-campus websites).
Current legal precedent implies that pupils are not responsible enough to be trusted with constitutional rights and school faculty are allowed to suppress student speech that is deemed to provoke controversy or disrupt learning.
The Court decided that student newspapers were never meant to be public forums and as a result, administrators began to regulate high school and college periodicals.
[5] Notable cases in the United States include: The First Amendment protects the people to exercise their rights of free speech as well as the freedom of the press in journalistic practice.
[13] Based on interview and survey data, student media topics that are censored include sexual assault, politics, athletics, women’s reproductive rights, and the #MeToo movement.