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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do car manufacturers monitor customers' use of the car after purchase?  For speeding, not wearing seatbelts, texting while driving, etc.  And then contact the local authorities to have violators fined or prosecuted?[/quote]

How is this comparable?[/quote]

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Pretty much every Fortune 500 and lots of other companies and organizations monitor social media for mention of them, particularly anything adverse... this is not at all unprecedented or unusual these days.

I seriously doubt these companies are actively searching social media for the purpose of finding law violations to point out to government authorities.  That is what Pearson is doing. Searching children's social media for evidence of rule violation and reporting to schools/state.  It's creepy. [/quote]

Pearson is not searching children's social  media for evidence of rule violation. Pearson is monitoring social media for people posting Pearson's proprietary stuff on social media. I'm guessing that the College Board also monitors social media in the same way, for the same reason.

Does it harm a car manufacturer if I speed after I buy a car from them? No. Does it harm testing companies if people post test questions on social media? Yes.

If you don't want companies to monitor your stuff on social media, then don't put stuff on social media.[/quote]

It's not really any better if they are just monitoring for "proprietary" information. These tests should not be able to hide from transparency under the guise of proprietariness. Next thing you know a kid will be sued for defamation for tweeting that Parcc is "stupid." For-profit concerns should not displace public education. [/quote]

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