John Hildebrand reports: Angry parents worried about their children’s privacy are fighting New York State’s planned turnover of 2.3 million public school students’ names and records to a private, high-tech corporation that will store and manage the records within a computerized “cloud” service. The release of data to inBloom Inc., a nonprofit based in Atlanta,…
Category: Youth & Schools
Mother Sues Twitter for Mean People’s Names
Lorraine Bailey reports: A mother sued Twitter for the identities of people who impersonated her daughter on the social media site, tweeting in her name “my passion is being fat,” “free hand and blowjobs call me,” and posting her phone number and picture online. The mother sued Twitter on behalf of her minor daughter, in…
Parents seek statewide privacy act on student records
Robert Stewart reports from Louisiana: A local education advocate said Thursday she and other parents have asked state lawmakers to push for an education information privacy act similar to the federal law that protects student education records. Beth Meyers, a former teacher and Denham Springs resident, also asked the Livingston Parish School Board what type…
Facebook Eases Privacy Rules for Teenagers
Vindu Goel reports: Facebook has loosened its privacy rules for teenagers as a debate swirls over online threats to children from bullies and sexual predators. The move, announced on Wednesday, allows teenagers to post status updates, videos and images that can be seen by anyone, not just their friends or people who know their friends. Read…