WLS reports: Four Joliet teenagers were charged with child pornography after a group sex video was posted to Twitter. The three males – ages 14, 15 and 16 – and one female, 15, all attend Joliet Central High School. They were arrested after the girl’s mother saw the video and called police. The sex was…
Category: Youth & Schools
FTC Continues to Update COPPA FAQs – This Time, Guidance for Schools
Ronald London writes: Update: On March 20, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission quietly announced further slight modifications to “Part M” of its FAQs pertaining to COPPA guidance for schools. Read more on Davis Wright Tremaine Privacy & Security Law Blog.
MO: Fulton Middle School Changes Principal After Student Privacy Violation
Jake Schnierow reports: Fulton Public Schools has changed the principal of Fulton Middle School after the district self-reported federal privacy law violations on Monday. The school district confirmed Christopher Crane is no longer at the school. The district informed the US Department of Education of the violations that occurred on March 20 when gym teachers…
Body Cameras on Police in Schools
Jay Stanley of the ACLU writes: We’re starting to get questions about the use of body cameras by “school resource officers,” a.k.a. police officers stationed in schools. First of all, we don’t think that police officers should be routinely present in schools at all. Traditionally, police have not been involved in schools outside of genuine…