Katie Deighton reports: A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bill that aims to hold technology companies liable for social-media addictions that may affect children. The bill would let parents and guardians sue platforms that they believe addicted children in their care through advertising, push notifications and design features that promote compulsive use, particularly the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Federal violation? Anchorage school district keeps student gender pronouns a secret from parents
Suzanne Downing reports: Parents logging into the Q/ParentConnection database in the Anchorage School District’s web pages can find up-to-date information about their students, including items such as grades, contact information, and class news. Some parents know this website as Zangle. What they don’t see is what the school district officials can see — the student’s preferred pronoun….
Of Note: College Transparency Act poses serious risk to student privacy — Groups
Pl share! Letter to Congress in opposition to privacy invasive College Transparency Act that wd allow feds to track every college student thru life; letter signed by @parents4privacy @ACLU @Fairplay @EPICprivacy @ConsumerFed @Network4publiced & others https://t.co/Rz5Ye6W4Lv pic.twitter.com/5f3g7fqrwu — leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson) March 14, 2022 Direct link to larger view of letter. Update: As I discussed…
Texas Blocked From Investigating Transgender Kids’ Parents For Child Abuse
Andrew DeMillo of AP reports: A Texas judge on Friday blocked the state from investigating as child abuse gender confirming care for transgender youth. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to compel the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate. Read more…