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10 Oct, 10 tweets, 2 min read

How Chegg got into trouble for helping students cheat

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Would you have a problem with a website that does the noble deed of providing students answers to textbook questions? (Only if you're the textbook company). (2/9)

We're talking about 'Chegg' that made cheating super convenient for students, and the textbook company Pearson that's now going after it. (3/9)

For starters, Chegg is an ed-tech company that provides textbook rental services, online tutoring, and (here’s the contentious bit) textbook solutions. Edtech was on a roll last year - Chegg’s revenue spiked 51%, taking its total subscribers to over 6.6 million. (4/9)

But how are these people really using Chegg?
Well, to be fair - there are many bona fide students who use the platform to learn stuff. But then there are a lot many students who leverage it to get the answers to exam questions. (Those who’ve done it may feel attacked.) (5/9)

So here’s the deal - Pearson, a textbook publishing company, is suing Chegg. It claims that Chegg is ‘selling’ answers to the questions contained in Pearson’s books & that’s just not fair - it violates copyrights. (6/9)

What does Chegg have to say about that, huh? Its saintly argument is basically, "We give students the entire explanation & workings of how you arrive at the answer... (7/9)

You don’t call that copying. We have a feature called the ‘Honour Shield’ through which unis can submit their test questions to us and we’d block those questions for some time." (8/9)

But you see the problem - universities don’t want to share question papers with a platform that essentially facilitates cheating.

Either way, cheating is now on the legal radar. So it’s probably time you got down to studying.
Let us know your thoughts (9/9)

Sources:

Legal Experts On Pearson V. Chegg And Why It Could Be A Huge Deal: Forbes

Pearson v. Chegg Challenges Lawfulness of Supplementary Educational Materials - Association of Research Libraries

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