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Meanwhile in UK, Big Brother is watching your kids

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    Meanwhile in UK, Big Brother is watching your kids

    Schools using 'slang dictionary' to keep tabs on pupils - Telegraph

    Hundreds of schools are monitoring pupils’ online communications using new computer software that identifies and translates offensive urban slang, it emerged today.

    The programme scans children’s messages for any words or acronyms deemed inappropriate and then sends a report to teachers, it was revealed.

    Teachers are also able to consult the dictionary to check for the meaning of any phrases overheard in corridors – enabling schools to keep up to date with changes in language.

    The system – used by almost 1,400 secondary schools in the UK – comes amid fears that bullying, racism, homophobia, self-harm and sexually explicit messages may be going unnoticed because of confusion over pupils’ vocabulary.
    <Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!

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    comes amid fears that bullying, racism, homophobia, self-harm and sexually explicit messages may be going unnoticed
    Yup - sounds like my old Grammar skool
    How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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      #3
      I've found the news on a Dutch magazine. Here a kid can go the public library, watch porn in front of everybody, nobody says anything.
      <Insert idea here> will never be adopted because the politicians are in the pockets of the banks!

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        So this company has got downloaded the electronic profanisaurus, stuck it behind a text area and a translate button and has sold it to 1400 schools.

        Why can't I get these fookin ideas? They clearly buy just about anything.

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          #5
          Originally posted by minestrone View Post
          So this company has got downloaded the electronic profanisaurus, stuck it behind a text area and a translate button and has sold it to 1400 schools.

          Why can't I get these fookin ideas? They clearly buy just about anything.
          Its also got a keyword logger to log what is being typed and a reporting mechanism to tell teachers who wrote what.

          Actually I think this pile of stuff is an easy sell. Its a tick on ofsted do you protect children online question....
          merely at clientco for the entertainment

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            #6
            Originally posted by petergriffin View Post
            I've found the news on a Dutch magazine. Here a kid can go the public library, watch porn in front of everybody, nobody says anything.
            At least we're not as bad as them then.
            Originally posted by MaryPoppins
            I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
            Originally posted by vetran
            Urine is quite nourishing

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