AP English Language and Composition Quiz
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In a 2020 essay published after months of pandemic restrictions, the author reflects on how many workplaces and schools shifted to video calls and app-based monitoring. The author describes employers installing software that tracks keystrokes and "active minutes," while schools require students to keep cameras on and use proctoring tools that flag eye movement as suspicious. The essay argues that emergency measures, adopted quickly in the name of safety and continuity, have normalized a surveillance mindset that will be difficult to reverse. The author urges readers to distinguish between temporary public-health accommodations and permanent data collection, calling for clear expiration dates, privacy protections, and democratic oversight.
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