Gaggle is a student surveillance service that monitors millions of U.S. schoolchildren for the ostensible reason of keeping them “safe”, and charging schools thousands in the process.
From the Buzzfeed article:
A college student whose middle school used Gaggle told BuzzFeed News that the tool taught them that they would always be watched. “I feel like now I’m very desensitized to the threat of my information being looked at by people,” they said.
Desensitization to constant surveillance is not something a free society should engage in. We’ve allowed our children to be exposed and captured by industry, whether surveillance, medical, or another, and now we’re reaping the consequences.
