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Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in... by schwap on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:37PM (#14488986)
They met through the university's group, but they created their own chat.
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Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in... by ajross on Monday June 05, 2017 @01:00PM (#14489162)
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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Re:Harvard withdraws 10 acceptances for ‘offensive’ memes in... by openasocket on Monday June 05, 2017 @12:48PM (#14489071)
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."

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