GoGuardian is a student monitoring tool that watches over twenty-seven million students across ten thousand schools, but what it does exactly, and how well it works, isn’t easy for students to know. To learn more about its functionality, accuracy, and impact on students, we filed dozens of public records requests and analyzed tens of thousands of results from the software. Using data from multiple schools in both red and blue states, what we uncovered was that, by design, GoGuardian is a red flag machine—its false positives heavily outweigh its ability to accurately determine whether the content of a site is harmful.
Are my teachers spying on me? - The SHS Courier
MCPS cuts budget support for GoGuardian for 2024-2025 school year – The Black and White
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Surveillance State
Pluralistic: is a ripoff (06 Nov 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Red Flag Machine
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Guide to Google Account Privacy Settings for Students
GoGuardian: A danger to student privacy or a useful online tool? — Berkeley High Jacket
Google Changes Its Tune When it Comes to Tracking Students