Niall O’Connor and Adrian Weckler report: Controversial social media site Ask.fm has vowed to retain its anonymous nature despite being linked to the deaths of several teenagers. The website is moving to Ireland and faces a battle to rebuild its image after being bought by US online giant Ask.com. Read more on Independent.ie.
Category: Youth & Schools
Unsealed Files Reveal Details of Prior Restraint Case Against Law Tribune
Thomas B. Scheffey and Paul Sussman report: When a judge first barred the Connecticut Law Tribune from publishing an article on a child custody dispute, First Amendment lawyers and media experts noted that prior restraint of the press was usually reserved for matters involving public danger or a national emergency. But court documents unsealed Dec. 3 reveal…
Are MOOC-Takers ‘Students’? Not When It Comes to the Feds Protecting Their Data
Steve Kolowich writes: The U.S. Education Department wants to encourage colleges and the tech companies they work with to protect student data from misuse. But the agency’s power to protect the privacy of people taking free, online courses is essentially nonexistent. “Data in the higher-education context for MOOCs is seldom Ferpa-protected,” Kathleen Styles, the Education…
PA Citizens Ask Gov. Corbett for Data Collection Moratorium
November 24, 2014. Harrisburg, Pa; Pennsylvanians Restoring Education, Pennsylvania Against Common Core, citizens of Pennsylvania, parents and students are asking Governor Corbett to place a moratorium on the data collection in the Pennsylvania Information Management System, PIMS, on our students in all 500 school districts. We are asking the Governor to rescind all contracts and…