2018/19: Should facial recognition cameras be used in schools? - Web links, documents and video clips

On October 31, 2018, The Daily Mail published a report titled 'New York school district switches on controversial $4m facial recognition technology to identify potential shooters' which outlines the use of facial recognition cameras by a high school in Lockport City School District.
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On October 30, 2018, Motherboard published a comment and analysis by Rose Eveleth titled ' Facing Tomorrow's High-Tech School Surveillance' which considers the implications of facial recognition cameras being used in United States schools and in other countries around the world.
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On October 17, 2018, the Foundation for Economic Education published a report on the potential use of facial recognition cameras in United States schools to protect children against school shooters and others posing a threat to their safety.
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On October 5, 2018, The Age published a report titled 'Minority report: crackdown on facial recognition technology in schools' which details the concerns of the Victorian Minister for Education, James Merlino, and Information Commissioner, Sven Bluemmel, regarding the use of facial recognition cameras in schools.
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On September 12, 2018, ABC News published an analysis titled 'Chinese video surveillance network used by the Australian Government' which suggests the potential for espionage via the use of Chinese surveillance cameras in Australia.
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On August 29, 2018, The New Daily published a report titled 'Smile kids! Schoolyard sins could ruin lives' which reports on some schools in Australia using facial recognition cameras to replace roll marking. The report suggests this restricts children's freedom.
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On August 29, 2018, The Herald Sun's young people's supplement Kid Wise published a news report and background piece by Mandy Squires titled 'Australian schools begin spying trials using facial recognition technology' which reports on private trials being undertaken in some Australian schools to gauge the effectiveness of facial recognition cameras as a device for taking rolls and locating students.
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On August 15, 2018, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) published a comment by Toni Smith Thompson titled 'Here's What Happens When We Allow Facial Recognition Technology in Our Schools' which outlines some of the risks that attach to this use of technology in schools.
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On August 3, 2018, Tech Ed published an article titled 'Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security' which details RealNetworks' offer to make facial recognition software SAFR available for free trials in over 100,000 school districts.
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On July 25, 2018, gov.tech.com published a report titled 'Facial Recognition Might Be Ready for Schools, but Are They Ready for It?' which considers the increasing number of trials of facial recognition cameras in United States schools.
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On July 23, 2018, The New York Post published a report titled 'Schools using facial recognition tech to boost safety' which outlines the use of facial recognition cameras by a high school in Lockport City School District.
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On July 19, 2018, Fast Company published an article titled 'Schools can now get free facial recognition software to track students' which raises some of the issues surrounding the use of facial recognition cameras in schools.
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On July 13, 2018, Brad Smith, the president and chief legal officer of Microsoft, posted a public statement on the Microsoft official blog calling on the United States government to develop regulations around facial recognition technology.
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On June 18, 2018, the New York Civil Liberties Union published a comment by Stefanie Coyle and John A. Curr III titled 'Facial Recognition Cameras Do Not Belong in Schools' which argues against the use of this technology in schools.
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On June 7, 2018, SFGate published an article by Drew Harwell of The Washington Post titled 'Unproven facial-recognition companies target schools, promising an end to shootings' outlining the increasing use of facial recognition cameras in some United Schools, including pre-schools, and suggesting the limitations of the technology.
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On May 31, 2018, The Intercept published a comment by Ava Kofman titled 'Face Recognition Is Now Being Used in Schools, but It Won't Stop Mass Shootings' which considers the inadequacies of this technology as a means of protecting students.
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On May 21, 2018, Business Insider published an article titled 'A school in China is monitoring students with facial recognition technology that scans the classroom every 30 seconds' which gives an overview of how surveillance technology is being used in China.
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On May 18, 2018, The South China Morning Post published a news report titled 'Pay attention at the back: Chinese school installs facial recognition cameras to keep an eye on pupils' which outlines the use of facial recognition cameras by a school in eastern China to monitor the attentiveness of students in class.
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On May 26, 2017, The Verge published a report titled 'This French school is using facial recognition to find out when students aren't paying attention'. The report refers to a business school in Paris will soon begin using artificial intelligence and facial analysis to determine whether students are paying attention in class.
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On January 22, 2018, Business Insider published an article titled 'India will install cameras in classrooms amid a rise of surveillance measures in Asia' which details the plan to have surveillance cameras installed in all classrooms in India's capital territory Delhi, after a spate of violent incidents.
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On January 12, 2013, The Economist published an article titled 'Chips off the old block' which detailed the use of technology in a range of countries to allow parents to check their children's whereabouts and safety.
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On September 4, 2010, Scottish Educational Review published an article titled 'Biometric surveillance in schools : cause for concern or case for curriculum?' by Tom Bryce et al or the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. (The article was updated on October 21, 2018.)
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