so the question kept coming up, could umw ban yik yak? and a lot of schools have already tried to ban yik yak. and ocr, by investigating in this case, is basically giving schools another reason to try to ban full forms like anonymous social media. i want to point out two important things to remember here. the first is that some people were concerned about threats being posted on yik yak. and threats and harassment properly defined are already prohibited by law. and we've seen cases where a threat was posted on yik yak and the yik yak representatives even worked with the fbi and worked with the school to find the poster and to have them arrested. so there's already procedures in place for that. the other important thing to remember is that hurtful speech, even speech that could be called hate speech, is almost always protected by the 1st amendment if it doesn't actually rise to the level of a true threat or harassme harassment. the law is very clear about this and the supreme court has reiterated time and again that even offensive, provoca

thankfully the umw president seems to understand this. denied the university wrongdoing but said -- let me read it. he said, as a public university, umw is obligated to comply with all federal laws, not just title ix. banning it is tantamount to a content -based prohibition. you can send that to the complaints. these comments from the university president constitute retaliation. .. >> >> day ice sincerely hope he will consider to help us fight back against the serious threats to expression on campus. [applause] >> if i will throw out a couple of questions to the panel you can answer either or neither as is often the case. [laughter] more specifically on the hate speech codes. with the clash between liberty in the quality i field guide heard the risk of the speech codes will risk losing valuable viewpoints and down the other hand with the lack of the speech codes will have equal speech and equal opportunity. does anybody have any empirical evidence. that is my first question. the second is with the free speech doctrine actually tromps on t

the question kept coming up, could umw being hack? a lot of schools have already tried to ban the yankee hack and ocr by investigating this case is basically giving schools another reason to try to ban all forms like anonymous social media. i want to point out a few important things to remember. the first is people were concerned about that's been posted on yak yak. threats and harassment properly defined are already prohibited by law and we've seen cases where it's a and even work with the fbi and school and have them arrested. there started procedures in place for that. even speech that could be called hate speech is almost always protected by the first amendment if it does actually rise to the level of the threat or harassment through the lies clear about this and has reiterated time and again that provocative speeches often a critically part of public discourse. but those two things in mind, it should be clear that the inning at a public school really doesn't serve any lawful purpose that isn't already served by the laws in place.

president, the umw seems to understand this, and he denied the diversity's wrongdoing, but said -- let me read it. university, public to comply withd all federal laws, not just title ix. the first amendment prohibits restraints on speech, and is tantamountpp to banning first amendment speech. after he said this, students add that to the complaint. a set these comments from the university president constitute retaliation. now ocr is not just investigating the school, but also the president. i think something is usually wrong when you land in trouble for just stating what a public university's publications are under the first amendment. i will wrap up by saying that during rest of the panel here this- or the panels weekend, and during the questions and answers, you will say calls for censorship are coming from all anchors, students, professors, administrators, and state legislators. that is all true. here we have a branch of the federal government coercing schools into punishing protected expression all across the country in one fell swoop. it is a significant danger to free speech. but