Video: Free speech at Carolina

Below is a description of the Free Speech at Carolina video.

An animated video shows text and diagrams to highlight UNC-Chapel Hill’s free speech policies.

As a public university, Carolina must allow speakers and protestors to exercise their free speech. But what does that really mean?

It means speakers may rent space on campus, or be invited by schools, departments or student organizations, or groups can protest or demonstrate on campus to express their opinions.

And the University must allow it, even if it doesn’t agree with them.

So people can say or do whatever they want on our campus?

No, there are limits.

To maintain campus operations and protect public safety, the University is allowed to limit the time, place and manner speech occurs, as long as such rules are content or viewpoint-neutral.

Here are examples of speech that is protected and not protected.

Protected speech includes criticism of the government and University and hate speech. Unprotected speech includes direct threats of violence, incitement to violence, vandalism, disrupting scheduled speakers, defamation and conduct that meets the definition of protected-status harassment.

This applies to everyone, and there are consequences to breaking policies and laws.

For more information and links to relevant laws and policies, visit UNC.edu/free-speech.