Priya Anand reports: About one in five students are worried that surveillance technology used by their schools could flag searches for reproductive health care or gender-affirming care from their computers, according to a report published by the American Civil Liberties Union Tuesday. Startups that sell technology to help schools monitor what students do online saw a boom in…
Category: Youth & Schools
NY Bans Face Recognition in Schools, Allows Other Biometrics
Zach Williams reports: New York state is banning facial recognition software in schools while giving local districts discretion to use other cutting-edge technology criticized by civil rights groups. The State Education Department announced the ban Wednesday following years of controversy over allowing schools to collect biometrics like facial features, fingerprints, gaits, and voices for a…
Students at a N.H. high school have been secretly taking pictures of girls’ body parts and putting them on trading cards
Morgan Rousseau reports: High school students in Bedford, New Hampshire, allegedly snapped inappropriate photographs of girls’ body parts, graded them, and circulated them to their peers in the form of trading cards, according to school officials. In a message to families Friday, Superintendent Michael Fournier said a group of freshman and sophomore boys had taken pictures of…
Governor Hochul Signs Legislation to Strengthen Workers’ Rights in New York State
Snippets from a press release last week by NY’s governor: Governor Kathy Hochul today signed three pieces of legislation to strengthen workers’ rights in New York State. This support will uplift workers in addition to recent employee protections surrounding mandatory political and religious meetings, strengthening wage theft penalties, and increasing benefits for injured workers. The Governor’s action…