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Prof: ‘Elf on the Shelf’ conditions kids to accept surveillance state

Posted on December 16, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Kyle Olson reports:

Could there be something more sinister behind the little elf sitting on the shelf who returns to the North Pole each night?

Yes, says Laura Pinto, a digital technology professor at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

She recently published a paper titled “Who’s the Boss” on the doll, saying the idea of it reporting back to Santa each night on the child’s behavior “sets up children for dangerous, uncritical acceptance of power structures,” according to insideHalton.com.

Read more on EAGNews.org.

Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this link.

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