Prosecutors in Gothenburg have decided to file criminal charges against two teen girls believed to be behind a “slut-shaming” account on Instagram that caused local teenagers to riot last year. Speaking with the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper, prosecutor Annika Boman said she had decided to charge two girls, aged 15 and 18, with aggravated defamation….
Category: Youth & Schools
Biometric payments in school cafeterias: Privacy nightmare or lunchroom revolution?
I read almost all the way through this article by Adam Vrankulj before I realized they were talking about the U.K. and not the U.S. The concerns are the same, of course. The following is in reference to the U.K., and I’m not sure what the comparable statistic is for the U.S.: According to the Department…
N.D. autism bill raises concerns over privacy, funds
Keith Norman reports: A bill under consideration in the North Dakota Legislature is prompting concern among some parents of children with autistic spectrum disorders. The bill, Senate Bill 2193, creates a database of information about autistic people and establishes the position of a state autism coordinator. “I have minor concerns about it all but what…
Court reinstates student’s lawsuit against school district for unreasonable cellphone search
Back in October 2009, I blogged about a lawsuit alleging Owensboro Public Schools in Kentucky violated a student’s constitutional rights and its own district policies in conducting a warrantless cellphone search and then expelling the student. Somewhere between then and now, I missed the court opinion’s in the case, but apparently, they had granted the…