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Glendale Schools Monitor Students' Social Media

The Glendale School District has hired a private company to monitor students’ online messages. Is it early intervention before harm can be done or creepy Big-Brotherism?

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By Warren Olney • Aug 30, 2013 • 24m Listen

Kids are bullying other kids on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and other social media. Now the Glendale Unified School District has hired a private company to monitor and analyze the messages students are sending. Does it mean early intervention before real harm can be done? Does it help parents? Or is it a creepy form of Big-Brotherism that will make children less likely to trust the adults in their lives? Also, is today's job action for higher wages keeping customers out of LA's fast-food restaurants? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the White House plays a waiting game for attacking Syria.

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    former KCRW broadcaster

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