{"id":5179,"date":"2024-08-13T13:25:23","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T17:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/?page_id=5179"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:56:41","slug":"limits-of-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/limits-of-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Limits of Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"section \">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n                \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns page-layout-columns columns is-multiline is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-full-tablet page-layout-main is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Limits of Free Speech<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain freedoms of expression and assembly are guaranteed by the United States Constitution; however, not all types of expression are protected. In general, the following forms of conduct and\/or expression are not protected and can be sanctioned by the university:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expressive activity that substantially disrupts, obstructs or interferes with classes, teaching, the use of offices, ceremonies, sporting events or other university activities and events<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expressive activity that infringes on the speech or rights of another, for example, by creating noise to drown out a speaker (sometimes called the \u201checkler\u2019s veto\u201d)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expressive activity that damages property<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expressive activity that does not conform with the university\u2019s reasonable time, place and manner rules, including the university\u2019s use of facilities policies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incitement to violence and\/or true threats<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Violations of state or federal law, including, but not limited to, criminal trespass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expressive activity that creates a hostile environment under federal civil rights laws and university policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Obscenity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defamation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Expressive activity that discloses private or confidential information or trade secrets without appropriate authorization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.purdue.edu\/content.php?catoid=17&amp;navoid=21802#regulations-governing-student-conduct-and-disciplinary-proceedings-and-appeals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Purdue Regulations Governing Student Conduct <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/ethics\/iiic1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anti-Harassment Policy (III.C.1)<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/ethics\/iiic4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Title IX Harassment Policy (III.C.4)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/ethics\/iiic2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Equal Opportunity and Equal Access (III.C.2)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/facilities-safety\/iva3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Violent Behavior Policy (IV.A.3) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/facilities-safety\/ivb1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Use of Facilities Policy (IV.B.1) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/facilities-safety\/ivb3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Regulations Regarding Retailing, Commercial Soliciting, Canvassing, Sponsorship and Marketing Activities on the Campuses of Purdue University (IV.B.3) <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/policies\/facilities-safety\/ivb4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Assignment, Construction, Alterations, Improvements and Maintenance to Facilities Policy (IV.B.4)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column column is-one-quarter-desktop is-full-tablet is-full-mobile page-layout-sidebar is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5180,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5179","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7793,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5179\/revisions\/7793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}