[Edling] Digital Platforms and the Surveillance Economy

[Francis Hult]

Washington Post


Facebook and the very real problem of keeping student data private


Although it is unclear that “personalized learning” platforms and software improve learning, it is clear that to function, they require the collection of huge amounts of student data — data whose security is doubtful and that is in some cases explicitly shared with unnamed “partners.”


Meanwhile, Facebook introduced and is marketing its Messenger Kids app for children, despite being warned by numerous child advocates, educators, and child development experts about the many ways that the Messenger Kids app is likely to impede children’s healthy development.


Facebook isn’t the only actor whose work in the digital space can have destructive consequences. We have, for example, pointed to concerns with Google’s opaque algorithms in general and Google’s G-Suite for Education in particular. There is a long list of private investors betting that pushing digital technology into schools will result in big financial dividends.


Full story:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/04/05/facebook-and-the-very-real-problem-of-keeping-student-data-private/?utm_term=.6b62180874cd

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