"Glendale district says social media monitoring is for student safety
Glendale Unified is using the firm Geo Listening in a bid against cyberbullying, suicides, drugs and other ills. Critics say it infringes on privacy and steps beyond schools' jurisdiction.
September 14, 2013
Young Cho, left, here with Hoover High classmate Christopher Chung, thinks the school district's monitoring program goes too far.
Young Cho, left, here with Hoover High classmate Christopher Chung, thinks… (Francine Orr Los Angeles…)
Hoover High School junior Christopher Chung learned while scrolling through Facebook that his school was monitoring students' online activities.
Christopher saw an article posted by a friend about the Glendale Unified School District hiring a company to screen students' social media posts. The school district had been doing so for about a year."...
