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https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/25/how-dare-they-peep-my-private-life/childrens-rights-violations-governments>
"This report is a global investigation of the education technology (EdTech)
endorsed by 49 governments for children’s education during the pandemic. Based
on technical and policy analysis of 164 EdTech products, Human Rights Watch
finds that governments’ endorsements of the majority of these online learning
platforms put at risk or directly violated children’s privacy and other
children’s rights, for purposes unrelated to their education.
The coronavirus pandemic upended the lives and learning of children around the
world. Most countries pivoted to some form of online learning, replacing
physical classrooms with EdTech websites and apps; this helped fill urgent gaps
in delivering some form of education to many children.
But in their rush to connect children to virtual classrooms, few governments
checked whether the EdTech they were rapidly endorsing or procuring for schools
were safe for children. As a result, children whose families were able to
afford access to the internet and connected devices, or who made hard
sacrifices in order to do so, were exposed to the privacy practices of the
EdTech products they were told or required to use during Covid-19 school
closures."
Via
The RISKS Digest Volume 33 Issue 24:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/33/24#subj5
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
