By this logic we should also ban Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr… really, the list goes on.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

Ban Yik Yak for ‘misogyny, racism and bullying,’ Ohio University student demands

A senior journalism major at Ohio University isn’t too keen on freedom of expression, because she calls for the school to “ban” anonymous messaging apps Yik Yak and Unseen (which is photo-centric) on the campus Wi-Fi – and calls that “a good start.”

Jessica Ensley essentially adopts the zero-sum approach to free speech, writing in The Post that these apps are “a breeding ground for misogyny, racism and bullying.”

Arguing that boorish behavior on these apps takes away others‘ voices, Ensley highlights in particular the antipathy toward student senate president Megan Marzec for her infamous “blood bucket challenge” against Israel:

The university did not publicly support Student Senate President Megan Marzec when she was receiving rape and death threats. They did not publicly support the students who marched against rape culture or racism and they did not support the students who traveled to Ferguson to participate in the marches there to end police brutality.

Specific individuals on this campus have their names and faces posted on Yik Yak and Unseen. Students choose to target Marzec, residential assistants, professors and other students and bully them on a platform that anyone can access. Most of them are females, not surprisingly.