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A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. Students say it makes the web entirely unusable.

Analysis of more than 117 million censorship records confirms what students and civil rights advocates have long warned: Web filters are preventing kids from finding critical information about their health, identity, and the subjects they’re studying in class.

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-americas-school-internet-censorship-machine/

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in reply to Matt Burgess

Meanwhile many schools in some countries are returning to pen, pencils, paper and blackboards after discovering that it is actually better than "online only" didactics…

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