Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., yesterday released draft legislation to better protect student privacy on college campuses in Oregon and across the country. The draft bill would change portions of the federal law that governs student records by putting additional privacy procedures in place before a school’s lawyers can access a…
Category: Youth & Schools
Court hears why deal that OK’d kids’ images in Facebook ads is illegal
Cyrus Farivar reports: A number of advocacy groups forcefully argued before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday that an earlier settlement that effectively continues the use of minors’ data and images in Facebook ads is illegal in seven states and should be halted. That 2013 settlement granted each user $15 as part of the class-action lawsuit and Facebook agreed…
Most Norwegians want GPS tags for children
The Local reports: Six out of ten Norwegians would use GPS tracking devices to keep tabs on children under the age of 12, according to a new poll by Gallup. The poll found that only 10 percent of Norwegians found the use of tracking devices unacceptable, while 60 percent were in favour. Read more on…
Public School Students Are the New Inmates in the American Police State
John W. Whitehead writes: In the American police state, you’re either a prisoner (shackled, controlled, monitored, ordered about, limited in what you can do and say, your life not your own) or a prison bureaucrat (police officer, judge, jailer, spy, profiteer, etc.). Indeed, at a time when we are all viewed as suspects, there are…