Karen Chiu reports: For parents looking to keep track of their kids’ whereabouts, there’s no lack of gadgets designed to do the job. Now parents will be able to do it for free in one area in China. A district government in the southern city of Guangzhou recently distributed free location-tracking smartwatches to about 17,000…
Category: Youth & Schools
On TikTok, Teens Meme the Safety App Ruining Their Summer
Louise Matsakis reports: Spend enough time on the social media app TikTok, and you’re bound to see a Life360 meme. That’s because Life360, a location-sharing app aimed at families, is apparently ruining the lives of teenagers all across the United States. […] That’s because for many adolescents, adult supervision has turned into adult surveillance. Schools…
Florida’s statewide student data project alarms privacy groups
Katya Schwenk reports: Florida is amassing student data from social media, law enforcement, and school districts across the state for a database set to launch August 1 — an unprecedented initiative to prevent school gun violence. But civil rights advocacy groups say the database will put students at risk. […] Florida is amassing student data…
Schools Wrestle With Privacy of Digital Data Collected on Students
Betsy Morris reports: For Maryland lawyer Bradley Shear, his push to protect the data privacy of children became an obsession three years ago when his son, who was in the second grade, was accused by a teacher of googling a profane song in class. Mr. Shear was convinced his son landed on the webpage by…