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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Mednick

A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza classrooms for 'hateful' speech

Gaza Charity Classroom Surveillance - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations and use artificial intelligence to flag speech deemed “hateful” or “inciting.”

The plans laid out by the founder of the Gaza Children Village in a webinar last month have elicited ethical, safety and privacy concerns from some Palestinian and advocacy groups and at least one of the charity's partners.

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