Miami University student accuses Proctorio of privacy abuse, bias
Miami University student Erik Johnson accused remote exam cheating detection company Proctorio of providing invasive and inequitable software, raising questions about the system and company leadership, and prompting a legal dispute. In a series of tweets , c omputer engineering student Johnson criticised Proctorio as invasive, 'inherently ableist and discriminatory', and posted an analysis of the software’s code on Pastebin. In response, Proctorio CEO Mike Olsen demanded that three of Johnson’s tweets were removed by Twitter under a copyright takedown notice and blocked his IP address so he could no longer use the software to take his exams. In April 2021, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) sued Proctorio for trying to silence critics through the misapplication of copyright law. The two parties settled out of court a year later. System 🤖 Proctorio 🔗 Documents 📃 Proctorio (2022). Legal update Operator: Miami University Developer: Proctorio Country: USA Sector: Education Purpose: Detect exam cheating Technology: Facial detection; Gaze detection; Machine learning Issue: Bias/discrimination - race; Freedom of expression ; Privacy Legal, regulatory 👩🏼⚖️ Johnson v Proctorio legal dockets
- Date it happened
- 2020-01-01
- Organisation involved
- Miami University
- Product, system or model
- Proctorio
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