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A report finds that most of the education technology endorsed by 49 governments in the rush to online learning during the covid-19 pandemic puts at risk or directly violates the privacy and rights of children for purposes unrelated to their education. Such platforms track children across the internet, access their contacts lists on social media and phones, and built profiles that can be used for manipulation.
https://www.hrw.org/report/2022/05/25/how-dare-they-peep-my-private-life/childrens-…
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The pro-Ukrainian hacker group NLB Team leaked the personal data of more than 17 million children and parents who used Moscow Electronic School, an online learning platform that was built by the Moscow city government in 2016 and was its primary method of delivery online education during the covid-19 pandemic. The city government said the leaked data did not pertain to real users; however, a number of users identified their own data. Even before the leak, the platform was reportedly surveilling…