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• Recent Cyberethical Issues in School Communities
  • Malvern (AR) teacher reaches students via social media app TikTok
    https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jan/25/teacher-reaches-students-social-media-app-tiktok/
  • Dr. Trevor Boffone – Viral TikTok teacher writes book on building bridges through social media (“Renegades: Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok”)
    https://abc13.com/dr-trevor-boffone-tiktok-social-media-justice/10843562/
    • 300,000 followers on Instagram, 25,000 on TikTok – as of last June
  • High school teacher fired after praising antifa: ‘I have 180 days to turn them into revolutionaries’
    https://news.yahoo.com/high-school-teacher-fired-praising–193600139.html
  • ‘It’s a new Cultural Revolution’: Mom who survived Maoist China’s purges rages against woke Loudoun County School Board for pushing ‘neo-racism’ and teacher warns against ‘indoctrination camps’ in classrooms
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9672569/Virginia-mom-survived-Maoist-Chinas-purge-slams-Critical-Race-Theory.html
  • Portland teacher says colleagues who don’t want to teach critical race theory are like PEDOPHILES and warns they’ll be fired if they keep up ‘old views of colonialism’
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9640189/Oregon-elementary-school-teacher-warns-colleagues-theyll-FIRED-refused-teach-CRT.html
  • Alaska high school teacher is suspended for telling Zoom class that George Floyd ‘would still be alive’ if he had complied with police and ‘sidled into their car’
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article–9551277/Alaska-teacher-leave-telling-students-George-Floyd-alive-complied.html
  • Teachers work to deprogram kids of QAnon and anti-vaxxer parents after pandemic
    https://www.rawstory.com/qanon-anti-vaxx/
  • Teachers Turned to Social Media as a Remote Learning Tool During the Pandemic, but Privacy Experts Warn the Trend Could Open ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Problems
    https://www.the74million.org/teachers-turned-to-social-media-as-a-remote-learning-tool-during-the-pandemic-but-privacy-experts-warn-the-trend-could-open-pandoras-box-of-problems/
  • How to Talk About Social Media and the Capitol Insurrection: A Guide for Teachers
    https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/how-to-talk-about-social-media-and-the-capitol-insurrection-a-guide-for-teachers/2021/01
  • Hundreds defend Michigan high school teacher after post on social media (nose ring, blue lipstick)
    https://www.abc12.com/2021/06/11/hundreds-defend-grand-blanc-high-school-teacher-after-post-social-media/
  • Maryland Teacher Posted Photos and Videos on Instagram from January 6 Events Prior to Storming of the Capitol, and Criticism of George Floyd
    https://www.fox5dc.com/news/mcps-quince-orchard-teachers-social-media-posts-from-capitol-march-under-review
  • Miami teacher’s social media posts under review after an email to officials (citizen complaint, not a parent) #Parler
    https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/01/28/miami-schoolteachers-social-media-posts-under-review-by-district-after-an-email-to-officials/
  • Judge dismisses fired OH teacher’s lawsuit against superintendent
    https://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/education/judge-dismisses-fired-teachers-lawsuit-against-state-superintendent/article_79d48a16–4d3f–5502-a652-c0d90aabc5eb.html
  • Christchurch (NZ) relief teacher issued stern warning over racist posts, given final warning
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-relief-teacher-issued-stern-warning-over-racist-posts-given-final-warning/PSWSD67ND7DQW3B6FGGNB57ROA/
  • Mayfield Middle School (OH) teacher accused of sexual misconduct against students on social media
    https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2021/06/mayfield-middle-school-teacher-accused-of-sexual-misconduct-against-students-on-social-media.html
  • Trending in China: The ‘Tyranny’ of Parent Teacher Social Media Chat Groups
    https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020–11–02/trending-in-china-the-tyranny-of-parent-teacher-social-media-chat-groups–101622054.html
  • Teacher misconduct cases treble as teacher shortage forces schools to ‘cut corners’
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/teacher-misconduct-cases-treble-as-teacher-shortage-forces-schools-to-cut-corners/C3DGXTZSOB6TAQJBLJPCTJA5YI/
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