Gaggle monitors the work and communications of almost 5M students in the US
This is completely absurd and I'm convinced it solves zero problems. The kids don't know they're being spied on until they do something "wrong". Gaggle (a terrible name btw) claim they prevent suicides and school shootings. This might "work" at first until kids know they are being spied on. Now they know not to send an email saying "I'm going to kill people". All your doing is preventing communication using school provided technology and eroding students trust in the school. You're not actually preventing a shooting. Kids can still do whatever they want and there's nothing you can do to stop it.<p>On top of that they monitor for profanity. WHY? It doesn't harm anyone and let's people express themselves how they want.<p>If I was a parent I wouldn't want some random people at a for profit company spying on my child. That's my job.<p>Do kids still read 1984?