A Kansas school district convinced a federal judge that qualified immunity required dismissing First and Fourth amendment claims filed against high school officials over the use of digital monitoring tools.
Greg Farley, an assistant principal in Lawrence, Kan., had allegedly questioned students over photography assignments the school’s digital surveillance system had flagged as child pornography. US District Court for the District of Kansas Judge Kathryn H. Vratil said the students failed to plausibly allege that the official violated their free speech rights, and they couldn’t show the questioning was clearly unlawful.
Lawrence Unified School District 497 used software from Gaggle.Net ...
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