School-Issued Laptops In Baltimore Are Monitoring Students For Risk Of Self-Harm As Concern Mounts Nationwide Over Surveillance

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Public schools have loaned out laptops with software that monitors students, which has sparked controversy over privacy and equity.

Nine students in Baltimore public schools have been referred for medical help since March after surveillance software installed on laptops handed out by the city’s school system flagged them as considering suicide, theTuesday, amid

controversy nationwide involving tracking of students’ activity on school-provided computers has raised concerns about privacy and equity.Laptops loaned out to students for online classes when the pandemic hit come with software made by

 

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If parents aren’t going to do it, then someone should.

Of course they have to monitor kids for self-harm! Can't have them damaging government property, can we?

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