Lawsuit: School Spied On Students At Home Via Laptops

Saturday, 20 February 2010, 11:19 am
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal lawsuit filed by a student and his parents accuses the Lower Merion School District of spying on students at home by watching them through webcams on school-issued laptop computers.

Fox 29's Sean Tobin reported that he spoke to a student at Harriton High School who said he read the book "1984" this year but never thought that his school would be accused of things in that book.

Sophomore Tom Halpern showed Fox 29 his district-issued laptop. He said he likes the Mac computer but doesn't like what the school district is now accused of doing, allege

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