Jason Kelley writes: In 2022, student privacy gets a solid “C” grade. The trend of schools engaging in student surveillance did not let up in 2022. There were, however, some small wins indicative of a growing movement to push back against this encroachment. Unfortunately, more schools than ever are spying on students through EdTech software…
Category: Youth & Schools
High School Students Can Be Disciplined for Racist Private Instagram Account–Chen v. Albany School District
Eric Goldman writes: The Supreme Court’s Mahanoy decision left many issues for the lower courts to resolve about when schools can discipline students for social media posts. This opinion from the Ninth Circuit starts to fill in some of the gaps. The case involves several Albany High students, including Epple and Chen. In 2016, Epple created a…
Ninth Circuit revives children’s suit against Google over surreptitious tracking
Edvard Pettersson reports: Google must face a purported class-action lawsuit by children who claimed they were tracked and profiled for targeted ads without their parents’ consent while watching YouTube videos. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a judge’s dismissal of the children’s claims brought under various state laws because, the appellate panel said, the…
New Jersey Assembly Introduces Age-Appropriate Design Code Bill
Lindsey Tonsager and Madeline Salinas of Covington and Burling write: Last week, New Jersey Assemblyman Herb Conway Jr. introduced a bill similar to the California Age-Appropriate Design Code (“CA AADC”) enacted in September. The bill, NJ A4919, tracks the CA AADC in many respects but contains several notable differences, which we summarize below: Covered businesses. The CA AADC…