Students protest remote proctoring technology over privacy concerns

The World

Because of the pandemic, students around the world are finishing the school year online. Finals and exams that were supposed to happen in classrooms also have to be done remotely. To prevent cheating, some schools are using technology that monitors students as they take exams from their homes. As The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports, that’s raising privacy and security concerns. 

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