Incident 301: Teenager at Broward College Allegedly Wrongfully Accused of Cheating via Remote Proctoring

Description: Broward College’s use of remote proctoring system and reliance on its flagging algorithm allegedly led to a wrongful accusation of academic dishonesty in a biology exam of a Florida teenager.

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Alleged: Honorlock developed an AI system deployed by Broward College, which harmed unnamed Florida teenager.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
301
Report Count
1
Incident Date
2022-02-15
Editors
Khoa Lam

Incident Reports

Accused of Cheating by an Algorithm, and a Professor She Had Never Met
nytimes.com · 2022

A Florida teenager taking a biology class at a community college got an upsetting note this year. A start-up called Honorlock had flagged her as acting suspiciously during an exam in February. She was, she said in an email to The New York T…

Variants

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