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> creeping surveillance society

This was a university-moderated and maintained facebook group. There was absolutely no expectation on the part of the posters that Harvard could not read their words. You can get expelled for public speech on campus too.

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They met through the university's group, but they created their own chat.

And then

> "The founders of the messaging group demanded that students post provocative memes in the main group chat to gain admittance to the smaller group."

That doesn't fly either. If you're a college student and decide to make a "private" White Power Resistance Cell with your friends and then advertise for it on campus using university-provided messaging, you still get expelled.

Again, Harvard did no "surveillance" here. They found these kids because they were posting garbage on Harvard's own forum.

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