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“Parents Can’t Monitor Autistic Son with GPS Tracker at School, Nevada Ruling Says,” The Wall Street Journal, April 29, 2019.  School rules that autistic student can’t wear a tracking device capable of recording conversations.  This was after a teacher was arrested for beating him.

One can understand why the school doesn’t want parents to be able to listen in to what goes on at school.  One can understand why a child’s parents might want to.  But do other students have a right, enforceable by the school, not to be recorded?  Couldn’t the school video-record the activity in a classroom, for educational or security reasons?

Governance. Information.

“New York Archdiocese Releases List of Clergy Accused of Sex Abuse,” The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2019.

What are the rules (and who makes and enforces them) that apply to the release of the names of people who are accused, but not convicted, of sex abuse?  Certainly, this is Information.  But what if the accusations are later disproven?  Is all Information equal?

“U.S. Broadcaster Under Scrutiny for Disseminating Autocratic Propaganda,” The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2019.  Is Radio Free Europe distributing misinformation and foreign propaganda?  US authorities investigate.

Who controls the information that Radio Free Europe broadcasts?    What does that say about our Governance/culture, where a broadcast to promote the virtues of a free press “spins” the news?