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Schools are surveilling kids to prevent gun violence or suicide. The lack of privacy comes at a cost. (hechingerreport.org)
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In some cases, the technology has outed LGBTQ+ children and eroded trust between students and school staff

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[โ€“] alphabethunter@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It seems that the data shows that most school shooters are white. I bet this is going to cause a lot of head scratches when the "black box" starts profiling whites.

[โ€“] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

It seems that the data shows that most school shooters are white.

Most Americans are white, so that's not a surprise. But white communities aren't over-policed and over-surveiled like tanner neighborhoods. So white students will look "generic" while certain black, brown, and Asian students will pop out of the data as "suspects" more visibly.

Case in point