Forbidden

Chinese school children are being broadcast online through live-streaming of their classes. Parents were mixed in their feelings, but educators and lawyers took a sharp stance against the new practice, saying it violated students’ right to privacy. Educator Xiong Bingqi, associate dean of 21st Century Education Research Institute, said the classroom was a space for free expression of opinion by both teachers and pupils, and that turning it into a stage would put psychological pressure on both, as well as infringing on their privacy. Shanghai lawyer Zhou Ming voiced similar ideas, saying that accidental disclosure of personal information through such platforms could put children at risk from sexual predators and the disapproval of even one parent should cause such streaming videos to be removed.