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Danger — Internet Freedom

“Outside of the district’s network ... a user is free to download content and applications and browse the Internet without restriction,” administrators told Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy. But, they warned, “As student safety is of paramount concern, breach of the ... system must not occur.” The district had begun a $1 billion plan to hand out iPads to all its students, but now the rollout may be halted, and those students who have already received the devices have been ordered not to take them home. Alfredo Garcia, a senior, explained that as the tablets were configured, students “can’t do anything with them” at home, but students discovered that by deleting their profiles, they gained access to Twitter, Facebook, and Pandora streaming music. (AC/Los Angeles Times) ...When you close Pandora’s Box, the only thing you trap inside is hope.