Scott Monroe reports from Maine: A tenured economics professor at Colby College was forced to resign late last month after allegations surfaced that he set up a hidden surveillance camera to take photos of female students in a bathroom while chaperoning an international student trip, according to court documents. Philip H. Brown, an associate professor…
Category: Youth & Schools
Class Claims Facebook Violates Kids’ Privacy
A class action claims Facebook misappropriates the names and likeness of children and uses them in ads without permission from their parents or grandparents. The class claims that children are unable to stop Facebook from using their names and photos on a Facebook page if they have “liked” it. This constitutes an “endorsement,” and use…
PA: Bucks Schoolteacher Suspended Over Blog About Students
Brad Segall reports: The Central Bucks School District has suspended a high school English teacher after parents complained to administrators about her blog in which she railed on her students for more than a year. School district spokeswoman Carol Counihan says CB East teacher Natalie Munroe admitted to writing the blog, which has since been…
UK Surveillance Gone Wild: Coventry’s Stoke Park School has 112 CCTV cameras
Pupils at Coventry’s Stoke Park School are being watched by an astonishing 112 CCTV cameras, the Telegraph can reveal. Stoke Park School & Community Technology College, in Dane Road, has 79 security cameras inside its buildings and 33 outside. The startling statistic has led to accusations of “over the top snooping”. It is easily the…