Just last week, we continued our research on this topic with our latest whitepaper: Schoolyard Surveillance. We detail schools’ use of invasive and unproven tracking technologies to justify reopening in-person instruction. Our report warns that the expansion of high-tech contact tracing is likely to undermine public health, amplify health inequities, and erode privacy.
Our children should not be guinea pigs for invasive new tracking tools from profit-driven surveillance vendors. We all want to enable students to learn safely and effectively, but the adoption of unproven smartphone tracking apps and wearable tracking devices enable the worst sort of magical thinking. Without investment in evidence-based precautions, student transmission and the subsequent community spread will become yet another metric of American inequity. Read our full report here.
