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…
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https://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/23/34
I'm in the midst of looking at a U.N. document from a Special Rapporteur which recommends education over censorship.
