Human Rights Watch report decries Gov’t 'surveillance' on students’ laptops

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Singapore—In an article published on Friday (Feb 5), Human Rights Watch said that the Government is infringing on the privacy of students through a mandatory order to install surveillance software on their devices. The

both during and outside of school hours. It also allows teachers to restrict the amount of time students use their devices.”

However, the MOE wrote last December that the DMAs were being installed for the sake of cyber wellness, because of the stronger focus on cyber wellness education under “the revised Character and Citizenship Education curriculum”. The MOE wrote, “The PLDs will also be installed with Device Management Applications to provide a more regulated digital environment to support cyber wellness. These efforts will better equip our students to learn using the device, and be able to navigate the online space safely and responsibly.’, but will capture data concerning what students do online, such as their web search history, in order to “restrict access to objectionable material”.

 

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