Blocked advocacy service sites on school internet
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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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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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Tēnā koe Erika
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From: Erika Whittome
Dear Enquiries National,
N4L is a owned by the MoE. How is it exactly that N4L are unable to answer part 1 of this request under the official information act?
When services are engaged under a contract, there is a degree of control for what those services entail. Contracts get to specify what services are provided. Would you kindly attempt to answer question one? If not, it appears there are services being engaged over which the MoE has no control.
Yours sincerely,
Erika Whittome
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Ministry of Education
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