On February 27, 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Pennsylvania sent a letter requesting that school officials at Governor Mifflin School District in Berks County stop using Internet filters that violate students' First Amendment free speech rights. The district uses a "sexuality" filter that blocks sites that express support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, and an "intolerance" filter that blocks political advocacy sites that are labeled as intolerant.

Press Releases

Attorney(s)

Witold Walczak & Jonathan Dunsmoor (ACLU-PA); Joshua Block (ACLU)

Date filed

February 27, 2013

Status

Closed