At least eight US states, including Indiana and Louisiana, have passed laws or adopted rules so far in 2024 to curb students' smartphone use during school hours
Natasha Singer / New York Times :
Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to X shows his takeover is best understood not as a money-making endeavor, but as an extended act of cultural vandalism
RIP Twitter (2007-2023) — On Monday afternoon, a crane rolled up to Twitter's headquarters on Market Street.
A cyberattack on Illuminate Education, exposing the personal data of 1M+ students, highlights the dangers of stockpiling school children's sensitive information
At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data have broken down. Tweets: @funnymonkey...
An investigation finds Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have launched a coordinated campaign in 31 states against data privacy legislation since 2021
Coordinated industry lobbying is overwhelming the scattered efforts of consumer groups and privacy-minded lawmakers
An investigation finds Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have launched a coordinated campaign in 31 states against data privacy legislation since 2021
Coordinated industry lobbying is overwhelming the scattered efforts of consumer groups and privacy-minded lawmakers
A look at lobbying efforts by Facebook, Apple, Google and others in Connecticut, Texas, and other US states crafting consumer privacy bills
Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams
Zoom's popularity has taken off … Tweets: Brad Lander / @bradlander : This is a terrible decision @NYCSchools @DOEChancellor. Our teachers, students, and families have put in massi...
Zoom is being banned over security concerns by some US school districts, including NYC, which is directing teachers to switch to Microsoft Teams
Some school districts around the country have started to ban the use of Zoom for online learning from home during the coronavirus crisis …
Docs and interviews show that ~44 US universities work with outside companies to data mine and rank prospective students, including tracking their web activity
using surveillance software on their websites to secretly track Web browsing activity and by collecting info on household income & zip codes to “score” potential applicants https:/...
Sources: Bill Gates met Jeffrey Epstein on many occasions, beginning in 2011, after Epstein's conviction for sex crimes; Gates says it was an error in judgment
Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender who committed suicide in prison, managed to lure an astonishing array of rich, powerful and famous men into his orbit.