There are real potential harms to this kind of surveillance. A student writing that they might be queer or trans in a personal diary in a Google Doc on their school Google account—whether on their school or personal computer—could then result in that writing being reported to school administrators and outing the student.
But despite this rapid increase, there is no readily available information on how schools monitor their students or with what software. It’s often up to journalists and non-profit advocacy organizations to uncover this information through public information requests that take months or longer.
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