I just got a heart-stoppingly sad series of texts from my youngest brother about invasive surveillance technology being sprung on students at his university. They are all learners in crisis, and hurting. I know people I follow on here work on this, and I recently saw...

...someone offer to talk to departments that are panicking about switching to online and leaping to enforce surveillance on students, to try to help convince them it's harmful. But I can't remember who!! Please, connect me to anyone who might be able to help?

He is trying to advocate for his friends, & they are all struggling to perform online, caring for family, experiencing major upheaval. He's struggling with unreliable internet & this is all making it worse. I would love to help him find the language that might be listened to.

I reminded him to take care of himself first, and he said "I know, I just know there are students in this class who are going through an incredibly difficult time, and I need to stand up for them."

A day later, the responses to this have been SO kind and meant SO much to us!! From my bro, "Universities sometimes feel like they don't listen unless you fight against them... tell [everyone working on student data privacy] I said thanks for what they do"