Justin Ling reports: OTTAWA — The Harper government’s new cyberbullying legislation includes little-noticed provisions that would allow police to remotely gain entry to computers and track cellphone users’ movements, privacy experts warn. As a result of the revelations of the vast foreign and domestic surveillance programs run by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), the…
Category: Youth & Schools
17 Student Groups Pen Open Letters on the Toxicity of Mass Surveillance to Academic Freedom
April Glaser writes: Students are rising up and fighting to protect our Internet. In response to our call to action, seventeen university groups from across the United States have published open letters about the real chilling effects mass surveillance is having right now on academic freedom and life on campus. Read more on EFF. I…
N.H. Student Data Privacy Law “One Of Most Comprehensive” In Nation
Sam Evans-Brown reports: There’s a database in New Hampshire, nestled in hard-drives in the Department of Education, with all sorts of information about student test scores, graduation rates, and achievement. It shows how poor kids do on tests compared to rich kids, and how minorities do compared to whites, and whether schools are improving on…
AU: Mother wants answers after teenage daughter’s armpits were shaved by teacher
The Sydney Morning Herald reports: A Victorian mother is demanding answers after her teenage daughter’s armpits were shaved by her teacher as part of the school’s curriculum. Melissa Woods, mother of 14-year-old Taylah, says her daughter was “extremely upset” when her armpits were shaved in front of two other girls in a classroom. Read more…