New Zealand – harmful content accessed despite significant school device safety investment
Researchers found that harmful content could be accessed on school-issued iPads used by primary school pupils, raising concerns about the effectiveness of online safety controls on educational devices.
Norway – Pornographic and violent content on minor boy’s school-issued tablet
A parent reported that pornographic and violent video content appeared on their first grade boy’s school-issued tablet, finding that the tablet had no restrictions or content filters.
Families required to buy a EUR 600 Apple iPad for a digital classroom section at a high school in Italy
Parents, speaking through a parent class representative, objected that they were told two weeks before term ended that staying in the digital classroom section required buying an iPad at about EUR 600, on top of EUR 300 to 400 for books. The school head defended the Apple choice as hard for students to modify during […]
Singapore – soft-porn-bordering content accessed via Dailymotion on school-issued learning devices
A father discovered that his two secondary-school-aged children could access video content bordering on soft pornography via the Dailymotion platform on their school-issued Personal Learning Devices (PLDs), despite device management applications intended to block undesirable content. He reported the issue to Singapore’s Ministry of Education in March 2026, and the ministry confirmed it blocked the […]
Sweden – warning on violent content on school iPads
A father warned that his primary-school-aged child watched violent videos on an iPad during his free time. The father is strongly questioning why the municipality doesn’t have internet access protection.
Children aged 7 to 8 reach pornographic sites on unfiltered PCs in an Italian primary school computer lab
During a supervised lesson, pupils in a primary school in Italy typed a search term into school PCs that had no filter and, as some pupils later reported, saw pornographic and fetish images; the teacher believed blocking was active. The parents’ group Moige said it would ask the Ministry for an inventory of school IT […]
WhatsApp chat targeting 500 members spread pornographic images to hundreds of middle school students
A WhatsApp group involving hundreds of middle school students in two Italian municipalities expanded rapidly and began circulating pornographic images and other inappropriate content. The incident raised concerns among parents, schools, and local authorities about young people’s unsupervised use of social media and messaging platforms. Authorities intervened to shut down the group, while schools and […]
Child sexual abuse video forwarded into middle school class chat from an online game chat
A child sexual abuse video reached a middle school class chat after a pupil forwarded material received in a game chat. The judicial authority ordered the content to be deleted from all the phones of the children involved, restoring the devices to factory settings.
Class WhatsApp chat used by six students to post sexual content and insult teachers
A WhatsApp class chat at a secondary school in Italy was used to post pornographic videos, extremist content and insulting videos of teachers. Six students were reported and suspended.
Repeated intrusions with pornographic and violent videos into online lessons at an Italian high school; head warns parents
Anonymous intruders repeatedly entered online lessons at an upper secondary school in Tuscany, Italy, talking over the teacher and showing extremely violent films and pornographic videos; students disconnected on teachers’ instructions, and smaller episodes occurred in other regional schools. The school head informed local postal police and law enforcement, and wrote twice to parents, the […]