"No charges filed in school laptop-spying case" by Associated Press | August 18, 2010
PHILADELPHIA — No criminal charges will be filed in the case of a suburban school district that secretly snapped tens of thousands of webcam photographs and screen shots on laptops issued to students.
The FBI and federal prosecutors said yesterday they could not prove any criminal wrongdoing by Lower Merion School District.
“We have not found evidence that would establish beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone involved had criminal intent,’’ US Attorney Zane D. Memeger said.
The FBI investigated the wealthy district for possible wiretap violations after a student’s civil lawsuit revealed the issue. Lower Merion High School student Blake Robbins alleged the district took photographs of him in his bedroom as he slept.
Isn't that CHILD PORNOGRAPHY?
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District officials said its technology staff only activated the remote tracking system to try to find laptops reported lost or stolen. But the district soon acknowledged that the system sometimes remained activated for months, even after a laptop was found — causing the district to capture 56,000 webcam photographs and screen shots.
Yeah, oooops.
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