Tech Companies Want Schools to Use COVID Relief Money on Surveillance Tools

Tech Companies Want Schools to Use COVID Relief Money on Surveillance Tools

3 years ago
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkbpz7/tech-companies-want-schools-to-use-covid-relief-money-on-surveillance-tools

As vaccination rates rise and schools prepare to reopen, surveillance companies have trained their sights on the billions of dollars in federal COVID-19 relief funds being provided to schools across the US, hoping to make a profit by introducing a bevy of new snooping devices.

“$82 BILLION,” reads the huge front-page font on one Motorola Solutions brochure distributed to K-12 schools after the passage of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. “Consider COVID-19 technology from Motorola Solutions for your Education Stabilization Fund dollars.”