Christopher Dawson reports: This is one from the overstepping-your-bounds-big-time-buddy department: The principal at Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, sent an email to parents Wednesday morning telling them to ban their children from social networks and thoroughly police their electronic communications. This was not a suggestion or even an invitation to start a…
Category: Youth & Schools
A PogoWasRight.org Response to the FTC
Normally, I’m very appreciative of all the FTC has done to protect consumer privacy and our data. But boy, did they blow it this time. On April 30, the FTC issued the following release: Mom has gone out of her way for you over the years. On Mother’s Day, let her know you’re doing the…
Kids at risk – watchdog fingers Facebook
Isaac Davison reports: Almost half of all New Zealanders now use online social networks – but most of us are hugely concerned about the information children are sharing on the internet. A Privacy Commission survey issued today reveals nearly 45 per cent of Kiwis have online profiles – most on Facebook – which is up…
MO: Parents accuse Springfield schools of civil rights violation
Cory de Vera reports: City Councilman Doug Burlison and his wife Mellony are asking the American Civil Liberties Union to help them stop the apparent practice of locking down Springfield schools to randomly search students for drugs. […] According to the letter from the ACLU, Central High was locked down around 10 a.m. April 22….