J.D. Tuccille writes: If war is the health of the state, as Randolph Bourne had it, then scaring the hell out of people is the health of the security state. Nothing scares people more than threats to wee ones, which is why “think of the children” is the go-to marketing hook for control-freak policies. And if children…
Category: Youth & Schools
Canadian privacy regulators pass resolutions on the privacy of young people and workplace privacy
The following is a news release from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada on October 6: Privacy authorities from across the country are calling on their respective governments to improve privacy legislation to protect young people and employees – groups that are significantly vulnerable, each in their own way to the growing influence of digital technologies….
Is Your State’s Child Safety Law Unconstitutional? Try Comprehensive Data Privacy Instead
Mario Trujillo and Adam Schwartz write: Comprehensive data privacy legislation is the best way to hold tech companies accountable in our surveillance age, including for harm they do to chi ldren. Well-written privacy legislation has the added benefit of being constitutional—unlike the flurry of laws that restrict content behind age verification requirements that courts have…
AI is a serious threat to student privacy
Daniel Buck of Thomas B. Fordham Institute writes: The bulk of commentary and school district policy relating to AI and education focuses almost exclusively on questions regarding cheating. What does it mean for a student—or an education columnist, for that matter—if a chatbot can write a ten-page essay in a matter of seconds? How can…