Proctorio controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
EFF files lawsuit against Proctorio on behalf of student
Lawsuit filed
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit against Proctorio on behalf of Miami University student Erik Johnson. The EFF argues that Johnson made fair use of Proctorio’s code and that the company’s takedown interfered with his First Amendment right.
Source excerpt
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the remote testing company Proctorio on behalf of Miami University student Erik Johnson.
Johnson asked the court to declare that publishing code excerpts to document critique is fair use.
In its lawsuit, the EFF is arguing that Johnson made fair use of Proctorio’s code and that the company’s takedown “interfered with Johnson’s First Amendment right.”