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🔗 linkblog: The Tricky Ethics of Being a Teacher on TikTok | WIRED'
Maybe it’s because of my area of research, but I think the headline here is misleading. Being a teacher on TikTok is one thing, and I’m not opposed to that. Putting your students on TikTok is entirely different, and I struggle to see that being ethically justified. Josh’s research is absolutely the right reference point here.
🔗 linkblog: It’s Time to Get Real About TikTok’s Risks | WIRED'
It isn’t that TikTok doesn’t pose a real threat, it’s that it’s not alone in doing so. In particular, I appreciate that this article points out that U.S. border agents REGULARLY SEARCH COMPUTERS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. So, yes, raise concerns, but be consistent instead of creating a moral panic around thus one app (which, by the way, would be a privacy threat even if it were totally owned by a U.S. company).
🔗 linkblog: Trans Researchers Want Google Scholar to Stop Deadnaming Them | WIRED'
Ashamed to say I hadn’t ever thought about this possibility.
🔗 linkblog: M.T. Anderson’s 'Feed' Remains Frustratingly Prescient | WIRED'
I read Feed in high school and found it interesting, but when I read it again in 2019, it was amazing. This review gets at why the book is so good—and important. Maybe it’s time for me to visit it again.
🔗 linkblog: Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll | WIRED'
What an epic—if illegal—rickroll. The best part in my book is repurposing student monitoring software.
🔗 linkblog: Kids Are Back in Classrooms and Laptops Are Still Spying on Them'
Some really worrying privacy implications in this kind of edtech—and edtech as a discipline doesn’t care nearly enough about this kind of thing. Makes me worried as a scholar and a parent.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor | WIRED'
Important and enlightening read.