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Posted on 09/02/2026 5:33:18 PM PDT by lowbridge
Richardson ISD is facing questions after a parent alleged that the district’s internet filtering system blocked her son’s search for President Donald Trump while allowing searches for former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Jeffrey Epstein.
An anonymous Richardson ISD parent provided The Dallas Express with video that she said shows her son attempting to research Trump for a school assignment.
According to the parent, when the student searched for Trump, the district device displayed a message stating, “WEBSITE BLOCKED BY RICHARDSON ISD.”
The parent said the same blocking message did not appear when her son searched for Biden, Harris, or Epstein.
“My child was researching our current president for a school assignment and discovered that the district’s web content filter had blocked “Trump” from search results. This means students can’t access legitimate educational and news content, including current-events research, government and civics coursework, and basic search results about the sitting U.S. President. This is very concerning, as it amounts to censorship of information about a current public official,” the parent told The Dallas Express.
The parent said she then had her son test other politically sensitive names to determine whether the restriction extended beyond Trump.
“To see if this was a broader issue, I asked him to test ‘Biden’ and ‘Harris,’ and neither of those was blocked. I also asked him to search for Eppstein, which was also available. That suggests this isn’t a general filter for politically sensitive content; it appears to be a keyword-specific block aimed only at ‘Trump,'” the parent said.
The apparent discrepancy has prompted the parent to seek answers about how Richardson ISD’s web filtering system operates and who is responsible for determining which searches or websites students can access.
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