Emily von Hoffman reports on concerns parents have that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may be contacting schools, even though ICE continues to deny any involvement: Legally, federal law prevents schools from sharing student information, including their citizenship status, and ICE states that it does not interface with schools at all. In fact, several existing laws make…
Category: Youth & Schools
Anchorage man charged after posting ‘intimate’ video of girl online
Jerzy Shedlock reports: An 18-year-old Anchorage man has been charged with a felony after police say he sent hundreds of threatening text messages to a girl and posted an “intimate” video of her on social media. Holden Braund-Nuss was arrested at his South Anchorage home Thursday and charged with harassment and coercion, police said. He…
The War on Student Privacy
An OpEd by Emmett McGroarty and Jane Robbins, Director, Senior Fellow, American Principles Project: At first few people noticed and even fewer understood. In 2002, the Bush administration started incentivizing states to create massive databases of personal student and family information. The Obama administration – aided and abetted by a roll-over Congress — threw that effort into…
Illinois legislators consider bills on policing social media
Celeste Bott reports: State lawmakers are confronting what has become a common problem in the digital age: How to provide law enforcement with the tools to investigate online threats and cybercrimes while also making sure privacy and free speech are safeguarded. Lawmakers are considering a series of new bills aimed at giving police more power…