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03.02.2023 - 08:59 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scottish council has launched an investigation after children were reportedly exposed to hardcore porn on school-issued laptops. Kids at a primary school in the Highland Council area saw the X-rated images after clicking on an advert in a webpage in their classroom.
One shocked parent has since claimed to have replicated the actions for themselves on the devices at home. Council bosses have issued over 23,000 Chromebook laptops to primary and secondary-age pupils, and said last year the devices had the "latest security software" meant to protect kids.
But in footage seen by the Record, parents were able to access unfiltered results for explicit search terms, including graphic sexual images and videos. One mum says she was able to reproduce the results on laptops belonging to her other children – leaving kids with the tech at risk of seeing upsetting and explicit content on their school devices.
Highland Council says it is aware of complaints and has launched a probe and raised the issue with Securly, a private IT firm that provides the authority with filtering software.
The mother, who has asked to remain anonymous for her children's sake, said her child, who is under 10, came home from school in a state of shock on Friday, January 20, after seeing the explicit content. After checking their school laptop, she discovered they had been directed to "hardcore pornography" through an advert.
She said: "There's no excuse for this. The fact remains that my child was exposed to porn in a school Chromebook on the school network. I keep thinking about how this was allowed to happen. I am 99.9 percent sure this is a council-wide problem."
Last week, the mum reported her concerns to the school and to Highland Council. Since then she
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