Catalin Cimpanu reports: An academic study of nearly one million Android applications reveals that most apps contain third-party tracking code, and that “news apps and apps targeted at children appear to be amongst the worst in terms of the number of third-party trackers associated with them.” The University of Oxford research consisted of a team…
Category: Youth & Schools
NJ: Naked photos of Lodi students led to charges against middle school teacher for sexting boy
Tom Nobile reports: Sexual texts from a female middle school teacher to a 13-year-old male student came to light after a group of students, including the boy, were found to be circulating explicit pictures and videos of the teacher, as well as photos of other girls at Lodi High School. Police learned about Stephanie Carafa’s…
Student’s worst nightmare: Chinese university sends grades straight to parents
Laurie Chen reports: Every university student’s worst nightmare has become reality in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, where a college has sent detailed grade reports straight to parents. The unusual move came to light when unidentified students from Shenzhen University complained on social network WeChat that they had been asked to provide their parents’…
VN: Expulsion of students based on privacy breach questioned
Le Hoang, Vuong Linh, Phan Anh report: The expulsion and suspension of high school students in central Vietnam based on their private conversations has sparked controversy. Eight 15-year-old students from the same class in Nguyen Trai High School, Thanh Hoa Province, were punished for “using social networks to tarnish teachers’ dignity and credibility, negatively affecting…