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Algorithms · May 2022

Honorlock flagged a teenager for looking away from her screen. A professor she never met called it cheating.

During a remote biology exam, proctoring software flagged a 17-year-old Broward College student for taking her eyes off the screen. A professor she had never met filed the cheating charge; she got a zero and a warning on her record for 'failure to follow instructions.' Looking down to concentrate is now suspicious behavior.

Source: The New York Times

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