Student #Monitoring Tools Should Not Flag #LGBTQ+ Keywords

One of the more dangerous features of #student monitoring tools like #GoGuardian, #Gaggle, and Bark is their “flagging” functionality.
#privacy #surveillance

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/06/student-monitoring-tools-should-not-flag-lgbtq-keywords

Local parents and other friends! Did you know that Durham Public Schools is using spyware to monitor our childrens' activities? This is really bad news and hasn't had much public discussion.

Below is a (modified) letter that a friend of mine sent to the School Board in case you would like to learn more and speak out yourself. You can contact the Board of Education directly by emailing BOE@dpsnc.net.

Hi Durham Public Schools board,

I have a middle school student in Durham Public Schools and am concerned about Gaggle. While I appreciate the effort to increase safety at school, I don’t think that Gaggle is an appropriate solution.

1) Gaggle uses poorly paid, poorly trained monitors to review flagged content. I don't want someone outside of DPS reading my child's email, Google Docs, or looking at images on their Google Drive. I’m concerned about reports that Gaggle’s school monitors have terrible working conditions (source: https://www.fastcompany.com/90748240/gaggle-school-content-moderation-privacy).

2) There’s evidence that Gaggle surveillance is both invasive and ineffective. One student reported that kids were recently pulled out of class because they had mentioned death in a creative writing assignment. This seems like a poor use of already strapped administrator time. Her experience is in line with reports from Minneapolis Public Schools (source: https://www.the74million.org/article/gaggle-surveillance-minnesapolis-families-not-smart-ai-monitoring/).

3) I’m concerned about the long-term effects of having kids in a surveillance system. I don’t like the idea that kids should expect to be watched at all times and have no expectation of privacy. We don’t know the long-term implications yet of these systems on kids’ mental health (source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolinehaskins1/gaggle-school-surveillance-technology-education).

Thank you for your time and all that you do for Durham students.

#spyware #gaggle #DurhamPublicSchools #privacy #surveillance #DurhamNC

“Gaggle is a company that monitors student messages and social media posts in the K-12 system.

According to this report, the company "will no longer flag students who use words like 'gay' and 'lesbian' online, citing greater acceptance of queer kids in schools."

http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=74804

#Gaggle #surveillance #education #edtech @edtech #lgtbq

#Gaggle Drops #LGBTQ Keywords from Student #Surveillance Tool Following #Bias #Concerns

https://www.the74million.org/article/gaggle-drops-lgbtq-keywords-from-student-surveillance-tool-following-bias-concerns/

@Orangejuice 

Group of geese: #gaggle
Group of crows: #murder 
Group of introverts: #hmmm ?

Kevin the Turkey in Action #turkey #attackturkeys #KevintheAttackTurkey #Kevin #turkeys #rafter #gaggle #flock https://twitter.com/Meaghanneliza/status/1594854920385138690

@trendless BAHAHAHAHAHA!! 💕🌈
My only cousin I still speak with is an INTP; extremely talented fashion photographer & he’s annoying in his own special way b/c he has my paternal family genes plus his Chinese animal chart…🤔🤨🤷🏻‍♀️but subtract that & he’d be absolutely lovely🖤 daresay perfect & loveable! 97% of my family are xSxJ if I were gandering..

tbh relieved you’re not an ENTP;)

But def would watch a show where they threw a #gaggle of ENTPs together tho ..:) #omg

Since I haven't found a "fitting" #photography hashtag for Tuesdays (like #Photomonday), I hereby propose #Gooseday.

Oh, while we are at it: A group of geese on the ground is called a #gaggle; when in flight, they are called a #skein, a #team, or a #wedge; when flying close together, they are called a #plump. Here they had a short layover with lunch break at #HydePark, #London.

Since I haven't found a "fitting" #photography hashtag for Tuesdays (like #Photomonday), I hereby propose #Gooseday.

Oh, while we are at it: A group of geese on the ground is called a #gaggle; when in flight, they are called a #skein, a #team, or a #wedge; when flying close together, they are called a #plump. Here they had a short layover with lunch break at #HydePark, #London.

Press Gaggle By Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Lexington » Thewtcho #gaggle #secretary #karine #jean-pierre #route #lexington #thewtcho #15agosto https://parliamodi.news/article/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhld3RjaG8uY29tL3ByZXNzLWdhZ2dsZS1ieS1wcmVzcy1zZWNyZXRhcnkta2FyaW5lLWplYW4tcGllcnJlLWVuLXJvdXRlLWxleGluZ3Rvbi8=

#Minneapolis schools are spying on queer students & outing them to teachers and parents
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/10/minneapolis-schools-spying-queer-students-reporting-teachers-parents/

#gaggle #surveillancecapitalism

Saw a honk family earlier, pretty cute little menaces to be /honk #goose #geeseofinstagram #gosling #gaggle https://instagr.am/p/B_tNWTIjHg9/