US schools are hastily adopting programs for monitoring students' social media activity to improve safety, often with little regard for effectiveness or privacy (Benjamin Herold/Education Week)

Benjamin Herold / Education Week:
US schools are hastily adopting programs for monitoring students' social media activity to improve safety, often with little regard for effectiveness or privacy  —  Last December, early on a Sunday morning, Amanda Lafrenais tweeted about her cats.  —  “I would die for you,” the 31-year old comic book artist from Clute, Texas wrote.

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