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Washington State's New Anti-Censorship Law Helps Student Journalists

posted by mrpg on Sunday March 25 2018, @01:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the good dept.

canopic jug writes:

Washington's governor signs anti-censorship bill for student journalists into law (archive) (alt). Similar state legislation has been attempted several times in the past.

Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5064 Wednesday in front of a group of students, teachers and school administrators in Olympia. The new law, which goes into effect this June, makes Washington the last state on the West Coast to pass an "anti-Hazelwood law," a reference to a 1988 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made it legal for school administrators to censor content in school newspapers and other student-run media.

[...] [Senator Joe Fain, R-Auburn], sponsored SB 5064 this year, although the legislation has been introduced in Olympia four different times, in various forms, by three different lawmakers since 2007.

So the new law gives a big boost to student newspapers by preventing school administrators from censoring content. Now the hair-splitting will begin regarding what defines illegal content or harassement.

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Monday March 26 2018, @01:11AM (2 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Monday March 26 2018, @01:11AM (#658165) Homepage Journal

    You're lost. Or trolling. Or both.

    Women dressing as men are not offered breast cancer screening [telegraph.co.uk]. Men dressing as women are offered pap smears by the same NHS.

    Nope. You've been lied to. The article [telegraph.co.uk] which you linked mis-states the guidelines that the NHS published about this.

    Had you read the pamphlet [www.gov.uk] linked and referred to in the Telegraph article, you'd see two things:
    1. The GP's database contains the gender that the *patient* registers with them, and as such will receive reminders/suggestions about screenings appropriate to their gender. It was implied that this was an automated procedure based on self-reported data, not a directive to perform unnecessary tests. The pamphlet also recommends that patients discuss their specific needs and situation with their GP.

    2. The pamphlet *clearly* states (several times) that while patients who have specifically registered with their GP as female, while they will receive the (presumably automated) reminders about cervical screening (pap smear), that male to female trans people should not have such screenings as they do not have cervixes.

    The article you linked *claims* that the NHS advocates cervical screening for mtF trans people, when in fact it does not do so at all.

    So. There's evidence that a large healthcare provider will use the data supplied by the patients themselves to auto-generate reminders about screenings that are generally recommended for non-trans folks (the overwhelming majority of people) and took the time to create educational materials to explain to the very small group of trans folks how that might impact them.

    They most certainly make no recommendations for unnecessary procedures. Rather, they inform those who either might get reminders about screenings that are inappropriate and/or might not get reminders that are appropriate, depending on how the patient self-reports their gender.

    What's more, such folks are encouraged to interact with their doctor to make sure they get the appropriate care.

    So, either you were completely fooled or you're trolling. I don't care which. Either way, you're talking out of your ass.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @04:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @04:16AM (#658225)

    > The article you linked *claims* that the NHS advocates cervical screening for mtF trans people, when in fact it does not do so at all.

    Post a citation proving that. The Telegraph article shows that you are just talking out of your ass.