Nov 2, 2022, 10:52 AM
(From Education Week) School Facebook posts that include students’ photos and names may violate privacy by allowing third parties to access data about students, according to a report by the American Educational Research Association. Researchers estimated that around 4.9 million school Facebook posts created between 2005 and 2020 included identifiable images of students and that approximately 726,000 of those posts also included students’ first and last names and their approximate location. Researchers didn’t need to be logged onto Facebook in order to see student photos, enlarge them, and save them. The concern is that the information can be shared by anyone — including government agencies, businesses and bad actors.
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