{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Cybertraps Podcast","title":"Cheerleader's Free Speech and Apple's CSAM Cybertraps Live 66","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3229,"description":"In this podcast we are talking about the Supreme Court decision this fall regarding Mahanoy Valley v BL and Apple's new policy on cryptographically scanning files for CSAM content. SCOTUS Decision Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L. (Brandi Levy) SCOTUSblog Language warning Majority [8-1] opinion written by Justice Breyer Facts Levy tried out for varsity cheerleading but was offered a spot on the jv squad Levy was unhappy with the decision. The following weekend, while visiting a Cocoa Hut, she shared two snaps on her Snapchat \"story\" (24 hour availability) The first was a selfie showing Levy and a friend holding up their middle fingers with a caption reading \"Fuck school fuck softball fuck cheer fuck everything.\" [SCOTUS quotes actual content -- similar to Pacifica] The second just showed a caption that read \"“Love how me and [another student] get told we need a year of jv before we make varsity but tha[t] doesn’t matter to anyone else?\" The message was followed by an emoji with an upside-down smile. Levy's list of Snapchat \"friends\" [SCOTUS uses quotes, interestingly] included some other cheerleaders. At least one used another cellphone to take pictures of Levy's posts so that she could share them with other cheerleaders and adults. Cheerleading coaches testified that team members were \"visibly upset\" and that the posts sparked discussion in a coach's Algebra class. Following consultation with the school principal, the coaches concluded that Levy's use of profanity in her snaps was a violation of team and school rules. They suspended Levy for the coming school year. Levy apologized but it made no difference. \"The school’s athletic director, principal, superintendent, and school board, all affirmed B. L.’s suspension from the team. In response, B. L., together with her parents, filed this lawsuit in Federal District Court.\" After losing at the trial court and appellate level, the school district filed a writ of certiorari and SCOTUS...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-npbjlTwEpH5Ybi_ySNRhS-EfNqaI7Ep1svTppTGhLE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNTcyLzE2ODM5/MjY0NDktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}