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Dubai Police wants ban on social media in schools

DUBAI, February 18, 2017

Dubai Police is set to launch an awareness drive in schools across the emirate asking students to avoid surfing and chatting on social media sites when at schools following complaints from parents in this regard, said a report.

The Police will also co-ordinate with the Ministry of Education to address the issue and recommend banning online engagement by pupils while at schools, reported Gulf News, citing a senior police official.

Brigadier Dr Mohammad Al Murr, the director-general of the General Directorate of Human Rights at Dubai Police, said many parents have told him that their children are staying online for a long time when they are at schools.

He pointed out majority of the parents were worried over the long hours their wards were spending on social media site Facebook and Snapchat while at schools.

The parents said they could control the children when at home but were helpless while they are at schools, he added.

The students, he stated, were using their smartphones inside the schools withouit the knowledge of the teachers.

Brigadier Al Murr said Dubai Police had run many awareness campaigns in schools about the dangers of social media as the children can be abused and blackmailed by strangers and perverts.

“Social media [sites] make the pupil live in a fake reality and make him/her lose focus on lessons taught in the school.”

Another dangerous trend is that some pupils film their teachers on smart phones and post these images or videos on social media without realising that it’s illegal to do so, stated the official.

Dubai Police also warned that the children could face legal action for recording teachers’s clips and posting them on social media.




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