Opinion Piece
Claire Wicke Intro to Media P.6 Web Filters at School: Something that is very commonly known at school is that teens are very into their phones. They use their phones for many different reasons including, social media, texting, taking photos, playing games, searching the internet and a lot more. But, have you ever been connected to school district WiFi and been restricted on certain social media and online sites? What kind of sites have been restricted on your phone while being connected? Here is my opinion on school web filters. Some of the popular sites that are restricted at my school include Snapchat, Instagram, Youtube, Spotify or other streaming apps, and even sometimes Google sites. Most students struggle with these restrictions because of sites that are blocked when trying to do a school project or research something. A lot of the times the site that the student is trying to get to is blocked, therefore forcing the student to not get the specif...