Sunday, May 31, 2015

"Orange County Public Schools to monitor students on social media"

"The Orange County school district is now monitoring students' social media messages in an effort to curb cyberbullying, crime on campus and suicide."
"This is a tool that gives the district intelligence into a situation that could possibly prevent something more serious from happening," Orange County Public Schools Senior Director of Safety and Security Doug Tripp said.

"Safety in and around school campuses is the top priority for Orange County school leaders," OCPS said in a news release. "Recognizing social media is a major communication system, the district has acquired social media monitoring software."
Wait until Rand Paul finds out about this.

Via @GaltsGirl

4 comments:

edutcher said...

Isn't there an Amendment or something about this?

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

I guess the Feds can't do it, but the states can... if the people let them.

bagoh20 said...

Knowing human nature, I suspect that the motivation is as much voyeurism as anything, and that will eventually dominate the surveillance activity. It will only serve to eliminate particular social media sites as a communication tools for kids. They won't talk where there are nosy adults listening in with their pants around their ankles.

ricpic said...

Nosy Parkers.