Girls suing the school argued that at least 59 girls were traumatized by “an extended, catastrophic institutional failure.” They claimed that they “were forced to go to high school while ‘deepfake’ nude images of them were circulating within the school community,” and that appallingly, Lindsay Deibler-Wallace, assistant head of Upper School, took no action to protect them after telling parents that “boys will be boys.”

The victims alleged that the school never suspended the students even after “the LCDS upper school was in a state of acute panic and disruption related to the AI-generated images.” Instead, the school allegedly discouraged girls from going to police, while withholding information from parents and obstructing efforts to investigate the distribution of AI-generated child sex abuse materials (CSAM), such as by refusing to respond to detectives seeking a yearbook photo for comparison.

Two male students have since pleaded guilty to 59 felony counts of sexual abuse of children, and their victims are hoping the court will rule that LCDS was required to report the incident to police, both by law and by “reasonable institutional practice.”

  • Wren@lemmy.todayM
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    26 days ago

    They could have at least cooperated in the investigation.

    Not only that but schools have a duty to facilitate a healthy learning environment for all students. When some of those students are generating nudes of others and passing them around, it affects those students within the walls.

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      26 days ago

      Sure, I’m not disputing that. I’m asking how you solve the problem. I don’t see a specific suggestion in your reply aside from “don’t hinder investigations”. That’s a pretty low bar of effort don’t you think? Would you be satisfied with your child’s school’s response to a similar situation if that’s all they did? If not, then what exactly does facilitating a healthy learning environment require of a school in a situation like this?

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          So you don’t expect the school to take any action at all other than a passive one? That doesn’t seem to jive with the rest of the comments in this thread that appear to be calling for active intervention. I don’t think that’s going to help much but you’re right that it is better than what this particular school did.

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            26 days ago

            What is your point here? I said they should have cooperated in the investigation. Don’t project anything else onto me.

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              I’m asking you to clarify your answer. People seem to be calling for specific actions. What you described was a passive response. Is that all you expect of a school in a situation like this?

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                26 days ago

                That’s a no from me. I don’t need to clarify my answer beyond what I’ve already said.

                To give a better answer would mean doing research into the american education system, which I have no time or interest in doing at the moment.

                It may seem crazy to you, but my lack of tailored and informed solutions doesn’t mean I’m against solving problems.

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                  26 days ago

                  If you don’t have an answer then why are you responding to someone asking for one?

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                    26 days ago

                    I did answer you. You weren’t satisfied with the amount of energy I put into that answer.

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                    25 days ago

                    Lool, you should put an footer in ypu post, don’t speak to me if you don’t wan to do research and argument 3 years.