For so long, educators and parents were seen working side by side to address concerns linked to bullying of young students and the role social media plays. Now, Meta has decided to go one step further to address these issues with a new program for this cause.
Meta is sharing a new program that gives educators the chance to report any safety issues of kids, like harassment and bullying, that show up in classrooms.
The new feature, called the School Partnership Program, will roll out using a pilot that’s up for grabs for schools in America. This is all thanks to the efforts of the International Society for Technology in Education. The latest nonprofit focuses more on edtech and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
All schools taking part report content or accounts to the app that violate the company’s community standards. These serve as a priority for review. Furthermore, the app will give rise to status updates and alerts after the platform takes the necessary action on this front.
The initiative needs schools to have Instagram accounts so they can provide the app with the right profile banner to showcase who the official platform partner is. Meta also shared how the tests for this feature showed how it’s great when schools designate one demonstrator, such as an assistant principal. They will get the right type of safety reports and share those with the app.
As per the company’s policy, school accounts need to be under the ownership of school officials and not volunteers. As a result, it can swiftly resolve and report the matters. Remember, Instagram-based harassment and bullying are a major concern for educators and parents in recent times.
As per the American Federation of Teachers, another union having millions of American educators partnered with another nonprofit company called Parents Together, which demands that the app never underestimate the power of gossiping accounts.
We’ve seen the AFT share another petition that asked the app to enforce the platform’s guidelines by removing all accounts focusing on bullying. They also need to make reports on these matters a serious matter.
Meta shared in the recent announcement how middle and high schools could sign up for any kind of waitlist for the program through settings done through the app. All they need to do is select which account type and tools. If they need further guidance, then they could sign up on the company’s website.
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Meta is sharing a new program that gives educators the chance to report any safety issues of kids, like harassment and bullying, that show up in classrooms.
The new feature, called the School Partnership Program, will roll out using a pilot that’s up for grabs for schools in America. This is all thanks to the efforts of the International Society for Technology in Education. The latest nonprofit focuses more on edtech and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
All schools taking part report content or accounts to the app that violate the company’s community standards. These serve as a priority for review. Furthermore, the app will give rise to status updates and alerts after the platform takes the necessary action on this front.
The initiative needs schools to have Instagram accounts so they can provide the app with the right profile banner to showcase who the official platform partner is. Meta also shared how the tests for this feature showed how it’s great when schools designate one demonstrator, such as an assistant principal. They will get the right type of safety reports and share those with the app.
As per the company’s policy, school accounts need to be under the ownership of school officials and not volunteers. As a result, it can swiftly resolve and report the matters. Remember, Instagram-based harassment and bullying are a major concern for educators and parents in recent times.
As per the American Federation of Teachers, another union having millions of American educators partnered with another nonprofit company called Parents Together, which demands that the app never underestimate the power of gossiping accounts.
We’ve seen the AFT share another petition that asked the app to enforce the platform’s guidelines by removing all accounts focusing on bullying. They also need to make reports on these matters a serious matter.
Meta shared in the recent announcement how middle and high schools could sign up for any kind of waitlist for the program through settings done through the app. All they need to do is select which account type and tools. If they need further guidance, then they could sign up on the company’s website.
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