Valerie Strauss reports: Schools have become “soft targets” for companies trying to gather data and market to children because of the push in education to adopt new technology and in part because of the rise of computer-administered Common Core tests, according to a new annual report. The report, titled “Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at…
Category: Youth & Schools
GAFE: UC students suit claims Google scanned accounts without permission
Ethan Baron reports: Legal action against Google by four UC Berkeley students has ballooned into two lawsuits by 890 U.S. college students and alumni alleging the firm harvested their data for commercial gain without their consent. But the students’ claims may be derailed by a dispute over whether they should file their cases individually, rather…
IA: ‘Degrading’ blog features students’ backsides
Maybe it’s just selective attention, but it seems that there are more reports coming out of students taking problematic pictures of other students in public spaces of schools. In today’s news, Ryan Smith reports on a situation in Des Moines, Iowa: Polk County authorities are investigating a scandalous blog featuring the backsides of multiple girls at…
AU: Wesley College refuses to reveal names of students behind the ‘slut shaming’ publication
Daily Mail reports: The University of Sydney and Wesley College are embroiled in a bitter battle over student privacy as Vice Chancellor Michael Spence demands the names of students involved in this weeks scandals. After reports emerged regarding a ‘slut shaming’ journal which named and divulged intimate details about female students, it was then revealed…