Umay Aktaş Salman and Serkan Ocak report: A local court has authorized police to conduct searches at any time of the bags, vehicles and private documents of students at Istanbul University, daily Radikal reported Tuesday. The decision, requested by the university rector’s office, is valid from Dec. 1, 2010, to Nov. 20, 2011. Eren Can,…
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UK: Hundreds of school children fingerprinted for their lunch
Fiona Macleod reports: Hundreds of school children across Scotland are having to use biometric identity systems to get into libraries and claim meals, according to new figures. The statistics show 68 schools have introduced the systems, which often use fingerprint technology. The figures, obtained by the Scottish Liberal Democrats through a freedom of information request,…
UK: CCTV ‘used to monitor schoolchildren in toilets and changing rooms’
Graeme Paton reports: Schools are using CCTV cameras to spy on pupils in toilets and monitor teachers’ performance in the classroom, according to an official report. The use of video surveillance has evolved in recent years from a security measure to a tool to keep checks on children and staff, it was disclosed. A report…
KR: Law on Internet to prosecute rumormongers ‘unconstitutional’
Park Si-soo reports: A law that provided the legal grounds to indict “Minerva,” a well-known Internet commentator, for spreading “misleading” information on the Internet was ruled unconstitutional, Tuesday. The Constitutional Court’s ruling immediately brought an end to the 49-year-old law, which opposition legislators claimed had been abused to gag anti-government bloggers amid concerns about the…