According to a recent CNN article, a California school district is paying a private firm over $40,000 to monitor its students' social media accounts for one year.
The company uses keywords to conduct the searches and sends a daily report to school administration.
Thus far, the service has been used to provide counseling to students who make suicidal threats online. The reports also contain information on "possible violence, drug use, bullying, [and] truancy."
Read the full article here:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/14/us/california-schools-monitor-social-media/index.html
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Cal. school district pays firm to monitor students' social media
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