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Blocked advocacy service sites on school internet

Erika Whittome made this Official Information request to Ministry of Education

Currently waiting for a response from Ministry of Education, they must respond promptly and normally no later than (details and exceptions).

From: Erika Whittome

Dear Ministry of Education,

Network for Learning (N4L) is a Crown-owned technology company that connects schools and kura across the country to “safer and more reliable internet”. It says that it is of the largest broadband networks in Aotearoa New Zealand, accounting for nearly 25% of the country’s daytime business internet traffic, and “our aim is to support all kaiako and ākonga to teach and learn safely online.”

N4L has many safe lists and blocked lists for schools’ internet access . One of the categories that is blocked on school internet is the category “Advocacy Services”.

I request all the information on this category Advocacy Services since 1 Jan 2020,
1 the lists of the sites that are blocked under the category Advocacy Services
2 the meeting minutes, memos, ICT tickets etc for each of these advocacy services sites for when the request to Block them and the decision to block them was actioned by N4L. This request is for the meeting minutes, memos, etc since 1 Jan 2020

Yours faithfully,

Erika Whittome

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