Top private boys’ school where parents pay £19,000-a-year admits it monitors pupils’ social media accounts to ensure they aren’t criticising the school online

‘A top private boys’ school, where parents pay £19,000 per year, has admitted it snoops on pupils’ social media accounts to ensure they aren’t criticising the school online.
Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School in Elstree, Hertfordshire, are in a dispute with senior staff and pupils over its alleged ‘Big Brother’ methods.
This year, students have been protesting against the monitoring of their social media accounts.
The feud allegedly begun after a student was reportedly suspended for criticising a recent ‘Pride assembly’, after he claimed it was ‘for show’.
Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, a former pupil said that there had been growing ill-feeling at Haberdashers’ in recent months over disciplinary procedures.’
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