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Moms for Liberty is using artificial intelligence to monitor school board agendas in over 13,000 districts across the U.S., aiming to alert parents about potentially controversial policies before votes are cast. The system, called M4L AWARE, scans agendas every 12 hours and sends local chapters alerts to help organize parental response. Co-founder Tina Descovich claims this tool will empower parents by providing timely information on issues like diversity, equity initiatives, gender policies, curriculum changes, and Title IX, giving them a window of up to three days to act before meetings occur.

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Moms for Liberty, a parental rights group, has launched M4L AWARE, an AI tool scanning over 13,000 school districts nationwide every 12 hours. The system alerts local chapters about controversial policies involving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), gender policies, curriculum changes, and Title IX before board meetings. Tina Descovich, the group's co-founder and CEO, stated that this tool will empower parents to act quickly when they see concerning proposals in school agendas. Moms for Liberty asserts that early warning allows them more time to organize responses compared to last-minute information release by school boards. This initiative comes amid federal scrutiny of parental activism; on Monday, a Justice Department report revealed the FBI opened 25 "Guardian assessments" involving parents since October 4, 2021, under Attorney General Merrick Garland's directive addressing threats against school officials.

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The announcement of the tool comes on the heels of a Monday report from the Justice Department's Weaponization Working Group that the FBI opened 25 "Guardian assessments" involving parents following then-Attorney General Merrick Garland's Oct. 4, 2021, memorandum addressing threats against school officials.

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🔮 Descovich said the new AI tool will allow Moms for Liberty members and other parents to quickly identify concerning policies buried deep within school board agendas, even when they are released late in the week, giving families time to respond before officials take action.

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Moms for Liberty unleashes AI watchdog on 13,000 school districts to flag controversial policies before votes · assertive framing

Moms for Liberty is deploying artificial intelligence to monitor school board agendas across more than 13,000 school districts nationwide, giving parents advance warning about controversial policies before local officials vote on them, Fox News Digital has learned. asserted

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"The Biden admin targeted our parents for showing up to school board meetings, but we were just getting started," Tina Descovich, Moms for Liberty co-founder and CEO, told Fox News Digital in a statement. asserted

Descovich → target → statement

"Wait and see what happens when parents receive timely information about what is being discussed at their school board meetings." The new system, dubbed M4L AWARE, which stands for Agenda Watch, Alert, Response, and Engage, scans school board agendas every 12 hours for issues involving diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), gender policies, curriculum changes and Title IX, according to the parental rights organization. uncertain

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When the system flags a high-priority item, it sends local Moms for Liberty chapters a plain-language summary and a ready-to-share alert designed to help parents organize before a school board meeting. asserted

parents → flag → meeting

The organization says its system is designed to give chapters a window of roughly 72 hours to mobilize parents, sign up for public comment and scrutinize proposals before board members cast their votes. asserted

members → say → votes

"Moms for Liberty is harnessing AI to increase the oversight of school boards across the nation, empowering parents like never before," Descovich said. asserted

Descovich → harness → parents

"For five years, we’ve asked parents to show up at school board meetings, and they have. asserted

they → ask → meetings

The problem is that it’s incredibly time-consuming to sift through thousands of pages in agendas each week, and school districts count on that." asserted

districts → ’ → that

Descovich said the new AI tool will allow Moms for Liberty members and other parents to quickly identify concerning policies buried deep within school board agendas, even when they are released late in the week, giving families time to respond before officials take action. asserted

officials → say → action

FBI → come → officials

The report said that an FBI whistleblower disclosed that one mother was investigated following a tip that noted she was a gun owner and belonged to what was described as a "right-wing mom's group." asserted

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A separate joint DOJ-Education Department release identified that organization as Moms for Liberty. asserted

release → identify → Liberty

The Working Group concluded that the memo, according to the DOJ press release, "was the product of pressure exerted by the White House and wrongly weaponized the Department of Justice against parents." uncertain

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