Elaine Edwards reports: Google has refused to remove search results that show the names of newly naturalised Irish citizens in the State’s official gazette, because of the Government’s “ongoing choice” to make the information public. Concerns were expressed by a migrant rights body and by digital rights campaigners recently when it emerged the details of thousands…
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Teacher Who Blogged Pseudonymously About Students Being “Rat-Like” or “Dunderheads” Loses Appeal
Venkat Balasubramani provides an update on a case they’ve been covering since the git-go: This case involved a teacher who maintained a pseudonymous blog that, along with her personal observations and musings, chronicled some of her frustrations with students. One post in particular talked about her challenges with providing tailored feedback for her students, and the…
Denver area schools’ stance on social media monitoring
Alyssa Nakamoto reports that in light of controvery in Florida over schools’ use of Snaptrends to monitor students’ social media activity, KUSA inquired what schools in Denver were doing with respect to social media policies. Adams 12 School District says it is aware of the program. It says it has been evaluating the program as…
NC Law: Teens who take nude selfie photos face adult sex charges
Paul Woolverton reports: After a 16-year-old Fayetteville girl made a sexually explicit nude photo of herself for her boyfriend last fall, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office concluded that she committed two felony sex crimes against herself and arrested her in February. The girl was listed on a warrant as both the adult perpetrator and the…