In January, a California lawmaker introduced legislation, backed by school administrators, that would give K-12 school administrators broad powers to search the phones and electronic devices of their students without a warrant.
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The bill was proposed in a bid to bolster student safety and investigate cyberbullying and other events, she said. […]
Preston said Silicon Valley was concerned tech companies might be forced to decrypt students' phones. Other opponents thought the data on the phones might be used to deport students or their families.
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Nicole Ozer, an ACLU of Northern California attorney, told Ars the newly proposed legislation was unwarranted. "This bill was both unnecessary and it was really bad for kids and families," she said. "It would have opened up these millions of students to invasive searches. There would have been no outside oversight, and no notice to parents and to students about the searches. There would be no safeguards of what was searched, how it was used, and how it was shared."