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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 […]

School fees fraud and payment portal tampering at a Nigerian university

An audit at a Nigerian university found that hundreds of students had paid tuition fees into a former employee’s personal account instead of official university accounts. The university alleged that many students participated because they were offered discounted fees or commissions and referred the students to disciplinary proceedings as part of a wider fraud investigation […]

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 […]

Andorra – SafeSearch bypass exposes pupils to sexual content; nationwide iPad withdrawal

Several students at an Andorran primary school used school-provided digital devices to access sexual content shortly before the Sant Joan holiday. The incident was discovered by a teacher during school activities and reported to school leadership, which escalated the matter to the Ministry of Education. According to government spokesperson Guillem Casal, the access was linked […]

Ghana – Education Minister public warning on tablet porn access

Ghana’s Minister for Education publicly expressed serious concern that some high school students are using government-issued tablets to access pornographic content. This is an official government statement rather than a single documented incident, and represents formal acknowledgment at the ministerial level of a pattern the ministry considers significant enough to raise publicly. No details on […]

Government-issued tablets for primary school pupils were left in storage because schools struggled to use them

In 2013, the Kenyan government launched an ambitious initiative to provide digital devices to young primary school students as part of a national digital literacy effort. However, the program faced major implementation challenges, including inadequate infrastructure, limited access to electricity, insufficient teacher training, lack of technical support, and schools unprepared to integrate the devices into […]

Feide Portal System Error Exposes National Identity Numbers of School Users in a Norwegian Municipality

In 2020, Norway’s Data Protection Authority warned three municipalities after finding serious privacy compliance failures in their use of Google Chromebook and G Suite for Education in schools. The investigation found inadequate risk assessments, insufficient transparency toward students and parents, and shortcomings in how children’s personal data was protected. The authority emphasized that schools must […]