It seems like the product was originally an internet filter for pornography etc. but now the companies are competing on features. The main one is the profanity filter but they've started using AI to detect other things like self-harm threats etc.
The monitoring seems mostly limited to school laptops and cloud services, so presumably students who don't like it can use their phones if they have them. The companies all have more invasive home products but those report to the parents rather than the school.
The monitoring seems mostly limited to school laptops and cloud services, so presumably students who don't like it can use their phones if they have them. The companies all have more invasive home products but those report to the parents rather than the school.