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Former UBC employee and exam monitoring software company settle lawsuit
Ian Linkletter says he was trying to help students who felt 'creeped out' by software designed to monitor for signs of cheating
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He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Librarian vows to stop invasive ed tech after ending lawsuit with Proctorio.
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Ian Linkletter is finally free of Proctorio
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ian Linkletter told his followers that Proctorio is a terrible company (as we also found out in Robin Pocornie's complaint against the VU). Linkletter shared a link to a YouTube video that was put online by Proct
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Protection of Public Participation Act
My name is Ian Linkletter, Im a librarian from Vancouver, BC. On September 2nd, 2020, I was sued for copyright infringement by Proctorio, Incorporated because I cited and linked to their own YouTube videos in 7 critical tweets. This website compiles my st
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Are your kids being spied on? The rise of anti-cheating software in US schools
Remote proctoring tools have faced pushback at colleges over privacy and discrimination concerns, but their use in K-12 schools has attracted less scrutiny
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Canadian Court Allows Distance Learning Spyware Seller To Continue Silencing One Of Its Many Critics
A worldwide pandemic in 2020 altered the contours of pretty much everything. Entire cities shut down. Retailers shrunk hours to time periods normally only witnessed prior to the introduction of the 24-hour clock. Shit got exceedingly weird. The good news
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Ian Linkletter (@[email protected])
A year ago, Proctorio suffered a massive setback in the SLAPP they filed against me. Their appeal was quashed before they even got to argue their case! They were ordered to pay legal expenses I incurred fighting their meritless appeal, but I'm still waiti
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'I'm afraid': critics of anti-cheating technology for students hit by lawsuits
New technology meant to detect cheating by students taking tests at home could invade privacy, increase anxiety and be discriminatory
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