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Canyons parents show board how quickly porn appears on school accounts; board directs study for March 18
Summary
Parents demonstrated that pornographic content can be accessed quickly on Canyons-issued accounts and devices. After public comment the Board of Education directed staff to study filtering, whitelisting and interim restrictions and return with recommendations at the March 18 meeting.
Parents told the Canyons Board of Education on March 4 that school-issued accounts and district Wi‑Fi allow easy access to pornographic material, and the board asked staff to study possible technical and policy fixes and return with recommendations at its next meeting.
During the meeting Ally Terry, who identified herself as a parent, said she could locate pornographic videos “in less than 15 seconds and four clicks” while logged on to a Canyon School District account and browsing the district guest Wi‑Fi. Terry cited a Utah state code provision in support of stronger filtering and said the district’s current filters were “not compliant” with that law as she understands it. Parent Eric McFarland described personal family harm from early exposure to explicit material and urged the board to…
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