Telecompaper reports: Singapore has suspended the use of video-conferencing tool Zoom by teachers after “very serious incidents” in the first week of a coronavirus lockdown that has seen schools move to home-based learning, Reuters reports. According to media reports, these incidents involved obscene images appearing on screens and strange men making lewd comments during the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Two children sue Google for allegedly collecting students’ biometric data
Richard Nieva reports: Two children from Illinois are suing Google for allegedly collecting biometric data, including face scans, of millions of students through the search giant’s software tools for classrooms. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in a federal court in San Jose, California, is seeking class-action status. The children, known only as H.K. and J.C. in the complaint,…
Zoom banned from New York City schools due to privacy and security flaws
Ainsley Harris reports: A few weeks ago, New York City’s 75,000 teachers scrambled to learn how to use videoconferencing services like Zoom as novel coronavirus cases began to rise and schools prepared to close their doors and institute remote learning. Now, the city’s teachers will have to scramble once more, after Department of Education Chancellor…
Judge clears way for New Mexico suit over kid privacy claims
Susan Montoya Bryan reports: A U.S. district judge has rejected an effort to derail New Mexico’s lawsuit against Twitter, Google and other companies that develop and market mobile gaming apps for children. The judge concluded in a ruling Tuesday that the court has jurisdiction over the case, clearing the way for it to proceed. Read more…