Eric Jochim of MTN News reports: The Montana Supreme Court has denied author Jon Krakauer access to education records he sought from the Montana University System. Justices overturned, in part, a lower court ruling granting Krakauer access to redacted records. […] Justices found in their second ruling “that a student’s enhanced privacy interest is not…
Category: Youth & Schools
Confirmed: TikTok Is Being Investigated Over Children’s Data (Again
Zak Doffman reports: It has been something of a rollercoaster ride for video-sharing app TikTok so far this year, with a U.S. fine and an outright ban (for a time) in India. All of this has come about because of alleged misuse of information from children and, worse, actual child endangerment. Now, the Guardian has…
NYS Education department blocks testing of facial recognition software
WIVB reports some more good news in the pushback again facial recognition being used: The New York State Education Department has blocked the testing of facial recognition software in Lockport schools. This comes just weeks after the Lockport City School District was set to start testing the Aegis system. The superintendent says only certain people…
Aggression Detectors: The Unproven, Invasive Surveillance Technology Schools Are Using to Monitor Students
By Jack Gillum and Jeff Kao of NPR. Co-published with Wired. They recommend using headphones while reading this article: Ariella Russcol specializes in drama at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Queens, New York, and the senior’s performance on this April afternoon didn’t disappoint. While the library is normally the quietest room in…