Ashley Belanger reports: Today, the Federal Communications Commission proposed rules to implement the Safe Connections Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law last December. Advocates consider the law a landmark move to stop tech abuse. Under the law, mobile service providers are required to help survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence access resources and maintain critical…
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Search of cell phone at school for explicit photos of 14-year-old reasonable under T.L.O.
FourthAmendment.com notes this decision out of the Eastern District Virginia: A 13-year-old male student was showing explicit pictures of a 14-year-old girl on his phone at school. The search of the phone by school officials was reasonable under T.L.O., and it led him to juvenile court. O.W. v. Sch. Bd. of the City of Va….
Debates on student privacy rights leads to hostility at Chico Unified board meeting
Watch the news coverage of the heated meeting here: https://www.actionnewsnow.com/video/debates-on-student-privacy-rights-leads-to-hostility-at-chico-unified-board-meeting/video_e9547d8e-dbc9-5b08-bbef-1e9d352d74df.html
Ron DeSantis requested the medical records of trans students who sought care at Florida’s public universities. Now students are planning a statewide walkout.
Just when you think Governor DeSantis can’t get any more despicable, he does. Annalise Mabe reports: Students across Florida are planning a statewide walkout after Gov. Ron DeSantis requested all public universities comply in delivering data from student health services on transgender students who sought gender-affirming care at the institutions. DeSantis asked to see the records of any student who has experienced gender dysphoria in…