Madhumita Murgia and Hannah Murphy report: California lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill to protect children’s data online this Thursday, mirroring the UK’s recently introduced children’s code, as part of growing momentum globally for stricter regulation on Big Tech. The California age-appropriate design-code bill will require many of the world’s biggest tech platforms headquartered…
Category: Youth & Schools
Teacher Spying Is Instilling Surveillance Culture Into Students
Liam Day reports: For the teachers, it began in October at the California Teachers Association’s 2021 LGBTQ+ Issues Conference. Lori Caldeira and Kelly Baraki explained how they identified potential new members of UBU, the school’s club of LGBTQ supporters. “When we were doing our virtual learning—we totally stalked what they were doing on Google, when…
Iowa Republican Introduces Bill to Put Cameras in Every Public School Classroom
Dan Spinelli reports: Amid the ongoing Republican freakout over Critical Race Theory and the teaching of other supposedly objectionable material in public schools, an Iowa Republican has introduced a bill that would take the policing of the state’s teachers to a whole new level. Earlier this week, Republican state Rep. Norlin Mommsen introduced a bill…
LGBTQ advocates speak up for student privacy concerns
Kristen Rary reports: A local elementary school student is at the center of a federal lawsuit. It’s over a parent’s right to know about their child’s on-going discussions with a school counselor about gender identity and bullying. The Clay County parents say they were only alerted after their child tried to commit suicide. Read more…