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These kids will now be safe from the harms of Proctorio. I feel a great weight has been lifted.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

Texas Tech University will no longer use Proctorio. Last year, my research about this school's use of Proctorio on K-12 students was profiled in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

According to an untrustworthy source, Proctorio now tries to prevent ChatGPT cheating by adding text that directs it not to answer questions. If true, Proctorio is an accessibility crime scene. And messing with a professor's exams? That's a direct infringement of academic freedom.

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

A million dollars. That's how much Proctorio has spent suing me for the past 5 years. On August 23rd and 24th, 2020, I cited 7 YouTube URLs in tweets critical of Proctorio. They took the videos offline. That should have been the end of it. The facts are not in dispute. But Proctorio is unethical.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

The maximum penalty for noncommercial copyright infringement in Canada is $5000. I estimate Proctorio has spent $1,000,000 in legal fees pursuing this frivolous claim for the past 5 years.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Proctorio has now been suing me for 57 months. That’s a lot of $$$$$ for a lawsuit with no harm. Proctorio has never advanced a credible theory for how they have been harmed simply because I cited 7 YouTube URLs in critical tweets. URLs which could be found in dozens of other places online.

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

These days I'm immersed in the Government of Canada's Algorithmic Impact Assessment tool, which we are piloting at BCIT as a way to protect students. It asks this string of questions as part of a longer questionnaire. Here's what I put for remote proctoring. www.canada.ca/en/governmen...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

BCIT's Institutional Repository has moved! The new link to the Open Education Collection is repository.lib.bcit.ca/islandora/op...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

"Generative AI presents a number of immediate threats to learners’ rights, amplifying the known threats from so-called predictive AI" Fantastic piece on AI eroding students' rights to education by @helenbeetham.bsky.social ht @audreywatters.bsky.social helenbeetham.substack.com/p/how-the-ri...

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

If you ever need an example of "automated decision-making", take remote proctoring. If a student's face is not detected by the algorithm, they are not allowed to start their exam. That's Proctorio. An algorithm with zero accountability is making high-stakes decisions about 5 million users a week.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

"Proctorio's software does not perform any type of algorithmic decision making, such as determining if a breach of exam integrity has occurred. All decisions regarding exam integrity are left up to the exam administrator or institution." It's an attempt to avoid regulation. It's also not true.

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

UBC's student newspaper, The Ubyssey, has always had the best Proctorio coverage. I made a webpage with links. linkletter.org/the-ubyssey-...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

"Ms. Auman was told by a professor that three of her assignments had been flagged by Turnitin. She reached out to other members of the 20-person course... two said that their graduations had been delayed." Students are being harmed by Turnitin's decisions. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

“Turnitin did not respond to requests for comment for this article, but has said that its scores should not be used as the sole determinant of A.I. misuse.” We determine - you decide. Got it? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

This article interviews students harmed by Turnitin’s error-prone AI detector. Turnitin’s 4% false positive rate, which is increased when English is not a first language, represents harm to millions of innocent students. This technology is not safe. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/s...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

I migrated my STAND AGAINST PROCTORIO'S SLAPP! website to linkletter.org. All the judgments, media coverage, legal filings, and updates can now be found there. I promise to have an update for you soon.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Proctorio's lawsuit is one of the greatest threats to academic freedom in Canada. It's a strategic lawsuit against fair dealing. Proctorio's objective is to weaponize the Copyright Act as a tool for censorship. This could happen to anyone.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

When a racially biased facial algorithm denies access to an exam, that's an automated decision. When institutions continue to use these systems even though they are racist and don't work, that's a choice.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

This bill would block Algorithmic Impact Assessments from becoming law. It would be illegal to require knowing how the technology works. www.404media.co/republicans-...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

This bill would let Proctorio do whatever they want to students for ten years. www.404media.co/republicans-...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

As Audrey Watters recently wrote, it's important to talk about how AI - not just GenAI - is being deployed in schools and its harmful effects. So let's not forget about online proctoring. I curate "Against Online Proctoring," an open library of journalism, peer-reviewed research, and more, at:

submitted 43 days ago • 4 comments

University of Waterloo is discontinuing use of Turnitin’s error-prone AI detector. uwaterloo.ca/educational-...

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Even the U.S. Government Says AI Requires Massive Amounts of Water 🔗 www.404media.co/even-the-u-s...

submitted 55 days ago • 6 comments

Tell me again why Recall is a good idea.

submitted 55 days ago • 3 comments

A totally mesmerizing short film of people walking in NYC in super slow motion. [kottke.org]

submitted 56 days ago • 4 comments

Proctorio filmed students without permission and I caught them. Proctorio went to Arizona State University's campus and recorded students sharing their experiences with remote proctoring. They did not receive permission to do this, as you can see from my FOI request.

submitted 58 days ago • 1 comment

Unlisted links are not a form of security.

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

It's been 1,686 days since Proctorio sued me, and they're still at it. Don't do business with bullies if you care about your staff and students.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Ohio State University is having a bad experience getting rid of Proctorio. Turns out there is all this hidden HTML code that must be removed. Be careful not to contract Proctorio. It's easy to get and hard to get rid of. teaching.resources.osu.edu/toolsets/car...

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

Ohio State University is also switching from Proctorio to Honorlock (people don't like doing business with litigious bullies) and created a help page showing instructors how to remove Proctorio's hidden HTML. Really scummy to add all this hidden code. teaching.resources.osu.edu/toolsets/car...

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

University of Minnesota is preparing to stop using Proctorio and created a help page showing instructors how to turn Proctorio off in Canvas. Done invading student privacy with academic surveillance? You can follow these steps too. Flex your freedom and turn it off. it.umn.edu/services-tec...

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

The City of Kelowna didn't do a Privacy Impact Assessment for their 2023 chatbot. www.secretcanada.com/search-foi-r...

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

Oh great, Microsoft Teams wants my voiceprint and faceprint. Somehow I doubt Privacy Impact Assessments have been conducted for this new collection and use of biometric data.

submitted 75 days ago • 4 comments

M. Gessen: Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Our Police State Has Arrived. “The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before.” [nytimes.com]

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

If you want to help make Algorithmic Impact Assessments a reality in BC, this is a good place to start. I'll be at the event in Vancouver. Together we can protect students and prevent the next Proctorio by mandating public bodies conduct AIAs for all automated decision making technology.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Proctorio is toxic and known to cause harm to students. Academic surveillance software is known to be discriminatory. Don't be a part of that system.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

ChatGPT Plus is free for students in the US and Canada until the end of May. I am deeply concerned about all the private student data they will collect to authorize the promo. help.openai.com/en/articles/...

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

(Contains synthetic image created by ChatGPT) Make the Kool-Aid Man in Simpsons style. No, not like that.

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

A recent BC Court of Appeal decision concludes that FIPPA “does not displace statutory or common law actions, including negligence, arising from breaches of privacy or careless storage of personal information". This broadens privacy liability for public organizations. www.mccarthy.ca/en/insights/...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Get ready for an increase in synthetic images. ChatGPT Plus has a new image generation model and it is very capable.

submitted 84 days ago • 3 comments

Huge milestone day for the Canadian Privacy Library, which now hosts 504 Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) from 18 of 25 BC public post-secondary institutions, BCNET, and the Province of British Columbia. It's been a long road, but eventually every institution will be listed. www.privacylibrary.ca

submitted 86 days ago • 0 comments