12-year-old met accused kidnapper online using school laptop, US mother says in lawsuit


The lawsuit, filed on Feb 6 against the School Board of Orange County, says that the school-issued laptop, which was given to the 12-year-old girl to do remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, did not have protections to block access to social media. — Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

A mother is suing a Florida school district after she says her daughter was groomed and later kidnapped by a man she met online while using a school-issued laptop.

The lawsuit, filed on Feb 6 against the School Board of Orange County, says that the school-issued laptop, which was given to the 12-year-old girl to do remote learning during the Covid-19 pandemic, did not have protections to block access to social media.

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