"In April 2025, Meta started recruiting U.S. middle and high schools to participate in Instagram's new School Partnership Program, inviting schools to partner with Instagram to help combat online bullying," reports Faith Boninger. This is an arrangement more likely to benefit Meta than the schools, she writes, by enlisting schools in their (limited) content moderation efforts. And "the idea that Meta will review content reported by partner-school accounts sooner than other reported violations also implies a veiled threat: that schools that do not partner with the company will find themselves waiting longer for review." Schools should disassociate themselves from Meta, she says. "Yes, many kids will still use Instagram. But at least their school won't be leading them there." Via Larry Cuban. Related: Meta plans to add face recognition to its smart glasses.
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