Japan – student forum evidence of porn access on school iPad via home WiFi
Multiple anonymous posts on a Japanese Q&A forum show students discussing access to pornographic content on school-issued iPads, including one post explicitly describing watching pornographic videos on a school iPad via home WiFi, and others asking whether such access would be detected by school filtering or monitoring systems. These are first-person, self-reported accounts.
Student targeted with body-shaming and cyberbullying in class WhatsApp group
During a university student election campaign, a 21-year-old female student was subjected to weeks of severe online harassment after endorsing a candidate in her class WhatsApp group. Classmates made vulgar comments about her body and verbally attacked her, which caused her to experience depression, retreat to her residence, and withdraw from school and student activities.
Ministry note bars homework posted on the electronic register in the evening or at weekends
Students reported through repeated surveys on a student portal that homework kept arriving via the electronic register, email or chat after school hours: 62% said it happens often, 14% said it is the norm, and 54% received homework digitally after lessons ended in June. On 28 September 2026, the Ministry of Education sent schools a […]
Register password spread through student chats; about 40 students changed entry times and absence justifications, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
After an upper secondary school student obtained the password to the school’s electronic register, the password spread quickly through student chat groups. Approximately 40 students used the access to modify their school entry times and absence justifications. The students faced potential suspension and potential criminal complaints for unauthorized access to the school’s system. It is […]
Ten high school students allegedly planted a trojan on a teacher’s laptop to alter grades and absences on the register, Tuscany, Italy
Ten high school students allegedly installed a trojan on a teacher’s unattended laptop, obtained the register password and from home deleted absences and raised grades. The head teacher spotted the anomalies and imposed disciplinary sanctions, with some students assigned community work and none failed in June; the regional postal police investigated and a trial before […]
A female college student experiences non-consensual sharing of intimate images and subsequent harassment
Following a national newspaper interview in which she spoke about her mental health, a female college student had private intimate photos and videos leaked by her ex-boyfriend in a local Facebook group. The media quickly spread across Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, and local blogs, resulting in severe cyberbullying, harassment by strangers on the street, and threatening […]
15 high school students suspended after altering grades on register in Italy
In December 2019, teachers at a high school in Italy noticed that grades on the register did not match the ones they had given. The suspected students were called in and confessed; 15 students were suspended with the obligation to attend lessons and were reported to the postal police for unauthorised access (an allegation). Teachers […]
Victoria, Australia – primary-aged children access pornography at school
In June 2015, primary-school students in Melbourne accessed pornographic images on school iPads after an error in the school’s internet filtering system allowed inappropriate images to appear through a search-engine image search. The school investigated the incident and corrected the filtering issue.
University of Turin approves online exam proctoring despite student protests
Students objected to the university’s approval of camera-based proctoring for remote exams, calling it invasive and ‘classist’, and hundreds protested, some chaining themselves to the rectorate entrance, then marching. The rector held the approval meeting online from another location and the board of directors also approved the software. The rector set a one-month trial, with […]
Nude images of two 14-year-old schoolgirls generated with app and shared in school chats
Manipulated nude images of two students created with the Bikinioff app were circulated among schoolmates. Police seized phones and a juvenile inquiry was opened.