University of Colorado, Boulder: Administration Publicly Announces Inquiry into a Student鈥檚 Tweet
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University of Colorado Boulder
Case Overview
On May 6, 2023, an anonymous University of Colorado, Boulder student tweeted at a Twitter user that they are 鈥渁 jareer who claims to be somali royalty.鈥 The recipient user, who is not a CU Boulder student, responded to the tweet by tagging the university. On May 9, CU Boulder鈥檚 official Twitter account wrote that it had reported the Twitter exchange to its Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance. FIREwrote CU Boulder on May 10 urging it to end its practice of publicly announcing investigations without first looking into the allegations to see if they involve protected speech that thus can鈥檛 be punished, as announced investigations chill students鈥 future speech on topics about which others may complain.