STUDY: Facebook Teaches Kids Freedom Of Speech

Facebook teaches students something their teachers don't really appreciate: freedom of speech, which the U.S. protects in the First Amendment to the Constitution.

Facebook teaches students something their teachers don’t really appreciate: freedom of speech, which the U.S. protects in the First Amendment to the Constitution.

That’s the gist of a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation survey of 12,090 high schoolers and 900 teachers across the U.S., illustrating that appreciation of the nation’s First Amendment grows in proportion to students’ use of social media.

In fact, more than three-quarters of students use social media several times a week to get news and information.

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