WSPA reports: The 16-year-old student who allegedly distributed nude pictures of former Union teacher Leigh Anne Arthur has been charged with Computer Crimes Act and Aggravated Voyeurism, according to Union Police Chief Sam White. They say the charge of Computer Crimes is a result of the juvenile accessing the personal information of the cell phone…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: Charity warns ‘named persons’ law may breach children’s rights to privacy
Stephen Naysmith reports: The controversial law guaranteeing a ‘named person’ for every child in Scotland could breach young people’s human rights, a legal charity has warned. Clan Childlaw is to tell the UK Supreme Court next week that agencies such as health, education and social work will be justified in sharing information about a child…
Federal judge clarifies order regarding release of California student records
Barbara Wood reports that so many parents have filed objections to a California federal judge’s ruling to release 10 million students’ records that U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller has clarified the order and noted that there are too many objections to review individually. No records have been released as yet. On Feb. 29, Judge…
The FBI Has a New Plan to Spy on High School Students Across the Country
Sarah Lazare writes: Under new guidelines, the FBI is instructing high schools across the country to report students who criticize government policies and “western corruption” as potential future terrorists, warning that “anarchist extremists” are in the same category as ISIS and young people who are poor, immigrants or travel to “suspicious” countries are more likely…