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 […]
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 […]
Norway – pornographic content on school tablet (FVN)
A report describes pornographic content appearing on a school-issued tablet used by a child in Norway
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 […]