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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by Mirioron on Monday December 02, 2019 @10:05AM (#21682932)
Imagine you're a teenage girl and you need to carry sanitary products with you. I imagine that for some of them this is essentially a nightmare scenario. That's a direct harm to kids.
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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by nguoi on Monday December 02, 2019 @10:36AM (#21683251)
This is a good point and I hope they can work around it (such as by allowing small opaque bags inside the bag).
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Re:Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under co... by deathanatos on Monday December 02, 2019 @11:06AM (#21683639)
At which point the clear outer bag is defeated.
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