Schools use web filters to limit what students can see online.
Originally intended to block obscene content, they now prevent students from learning. Students explain, in their own words: https://themarkup.org/digital-book-banning/2024/04/13/five-high-schoolers-explain-how-web-filters-inhibit-their-learning-and-safety
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That’s great, but vulnerable kids who need online community and resources may not be tech literate for all sorts of reasons — and shouldn’t just be abandoned because of it.
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But there are so many moral panics, and there is so little time and reaources…
@EFA @kkarhan @themarkup One of the annoying things about moral panics is that they don't seem to learn from past ones. They act as if whatever new thing is some never before seen thing.
