Dotan Hammer of Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz recently wrote: Two 13 years-old defendants were accused of filming a Facetime call they had with the victim, who was their classmate. The video portrays the victim performing sexual acts that the defendants requested that she perform. The Juvenile Court attempted to avoid convicting the defendants due…
Category: Youth & Schools
ICE investigators visited Florida school, attempted to obtain student records without subpoena
WPTV reports: Two special agents with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) visited an elementary school in Palm Beach County this summer and attempted to obtain information on a student without a subpoena. The School District of Palm Beach County says it did not provide the agents with the information. Read more on KSBY.
YouTubers Are Lobbying FTC to Fight Child Privacy Law Expansion
Mark Bergen, Lucas Shaw, and Ben Brody report: A group of online video creators is protesting the Federal Trade Commission’s plan to regulate kids’ videos on YouTube, claiming new rules will hurt them financially and reduce the quality of programs on the world’s largest video site. On Tuesday, producers of prominent children’s YouTube channels will…
Gaggle Knows Everything About Teens And Kids In School
Caroline Haskins has a must-read article about Gaggle that is part of a BuzzFeed News package on schools and social media surveillance. This article begins: For the 1,300 students of Santa Fe High School, participating in school life means producing a digital trail — homework assignments, essays, emails, pictures, creative writing, songs they’ve written, and chats…