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…
Category: Youth & Schools
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…
Arraignment postponed for Estero High students accused of Facebook cyberbullying
Prosecutors postponed the Tuesday arraignment for two Estero High students arrested on cyber bullying charges last month. McKenzie Barker, 15, and Taylor Wynn, 16, face one count each of felony cyberstalking after Lee County Sheriff’s detectives say the pair created a fake Facebook page to torment a classmate. The page, made to appear as if…