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Tracking Kids With Micro-Chips

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At a secondary school in the UK, children are being tracked in a trial via a micro chip in their school uniform. The device monitors the child’s movement and also registers their arrival in class on the teacher’s computer.

Human rights issue?

The whole experiment has drawn criticism from human rights campaigners claiming that by this kind of surveillance isn’t right for kids.

“Tagging is what we do to criminals we let out of prison early,” said David Cleater, from Leave Them Kids Alone

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