Sneha Dey reports: Online privacy advocates in recent years pushed Illinois lawmakers to force school districts to protect student data — but some Chicago Public Schools teachers say they were “blindsided” by the district’s enforcement of the law that’s led them to lose access to key programs used to teach thousands of students. […] Among…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK Schools Normalizing Biometric Collection By Using Facial Recognition For Meal Payments
Tim Cushing writes: Subjecting students to surveillance tech is nothing new. Most schools have had cameras installed for years. Moving students from desks to laptops allows schools to monitor internet use, even when students aren’t on campus. Bringing police officers into schools to participate in disciplinary problems allows law enforcement agencies to utilize the same tech and analytics they deploy…
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Military-intelligence outfit Mitre at center of US digital vaccine passport push: https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/26/cloak-dagger-military-intelligence-digital-vaccine-passport/ https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/19/health-wealth-digital-passports-surveillance-capitalism/ Other news about vaccination and surveillance: California Shuts Down 2nd. In-N-Out Burger For Refusing To Be “Vaccination Police For Government” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/26/contra-costa-county-california-shuts-down-in-n-out/ Parents Reported to Child Services for Keeping Unvaccinated Kids Home: https://theintercept.com/2021/10/25/covid-unvaccinated-kids-child-services/ If Courts Won’t Protect People’s Phones At The Border, Congress…
Minneapolis Schools’ ‘Gaggle’ Software On Kids’ Devices Reports ‘Gay’, ‘LGBTQ’ Users As It Blocks Porn, Finds At-Risk of Self Harm
Towler Road reports: Minneapolis Public Schools are using software to monitor student communications in and out of school, raising serious concerns over student privacy, according to the non-profit The 74 ,that has analyzed public records and just issued a report that raises serious concerns related to the use of the Gaggle software that can be…