...Maria Salmeron, a junior at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School just
outside Washington, D.C., uses Facebook in student organizing as a
leader in the Minority Scholars Program,
a youth-led group working to increase the academic success of students
of color in Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools. Up until this
school year, the district blocked Facebook, effectively cutting Salmeron
off from a critical mobilization tool. “Facebook is one of the sites
that connects you with everyone the most … it’s kept me in contact with
people and groups from all over the world,” she said...
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/04/internet-filtering-hurts-kids/479907/
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