Gaggle, which offers a tool for monitoring online student communication, says it will no longer flag LGBTQ keywords in assignments after discrimination concerns
especially when it puts LGBTQ students at a higher risk of being flagged and forcibly outed. https://www.the74million.org/ ... @cendemtech : “...the keywords put LGBTQ students at a heightened risk of scrutiny by school officials &, on some occasions, police. Nearly a third of LGBTQ students said they or someone they know... [were outed] as a result of digital activity monitoring, according to a [@CenDemTech] survey”. https://twitter.com/... @evan_greer : In a world where LGBTQ+ youth are being attacked and criminalized, surveillance software like @Gaggle_K12 is literally going to get kids killed. The Dept of Education should issue guidance against the use of student surveillance tech @SecCardona https://www.the74million.org/ ... @cendemtech : Good that one activity monitoring company is limiting its profiling of LGBTQ+ students after announcing that they will no longer flag words like “gay” & “lesbian” - but this change is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to protecting LGBTQ+ students 🧵 https://twitter.com/... @cendemtech : “Though Gaggle's software is generally limited to monitoring school-issued accounts... the company recently acknowledged it can scan through photos on students' personal cell phones if they plug them into district laptops.” https://www.the74million.org/ ... @evan_greer : I spoke with @mkeierleber for this exposé on Gaggle. It's laughable that they think removing terms like “gay” and “lesbian” from their Orwellian surveillance software somehow makes it okay. This spyware will never be safe for LGBTQ youth. Find a new job https://www.the74million.org/ ... @the74 : Surveillance software Gaggle will no longer flag students who use the words “gay” and “lesbian” online, citing greater acceptance of LGBTQ youth https://www.the74million.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...
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@aclu
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Surveillance doesn't make students safer — especially when it puts LGBTQ students at a higher risk of being flagged and forcibly outed. https://www.the74million.org/ ...
@cendemtech
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“...the keywords put LGBTQ students at a heightened risk of scrutiny by school officials &, on some occasions, police. Nearly a third of LGBTQ students said they or someone they know... [were outed] as a result of digital activity monitoring, according to a [@CenDemTech] survey”.…
@evan_greer
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In a world where LGBTQ+ youth are being attacked and criminalized, surveillance software like @Gaggle_K12 is literally going to get kids killed. The Dept of Education should issue guidance against the use of student surveillance tech @SecCardona https://www.the74million.org/ ...
@cendemtech
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Good that one activity monitoring company is limiting its profiling of LGBTQ+ students after announcing that they will no longer flag words like “gay” & “lesbian” - but this change is just a drop in the bucket when it comes to protecting LGBTQ+ students 🧵 https://twitter.com/...
@cendemtech
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“Though Gaggle's software is generally limited to monitoring school-issued accounts... the company recently acknowledged it can scan through photos on students' personal cell phones if they plug them into district laptops.” https://www.the74million.org/ ...
@evan_greer
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I spoke with @mkeierleber for this exposé on Gaggle. It's laughable that they think removing terms like “gay” and “lesbian” from their Orwellian surveillance software somehow makes it okay. This spyware will never be safe for LGBTQ youth. Find a new job https://www.the74million.o…
@the74
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Surveillance software Gaggle will no longer flag students who use the words “gay” and “lesbian” online, citing greater acceptance of LGBTQ youth https://www.the74million.org/ ... https://twitter.com/...