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Facebook Moderators Claim Zuckerberg is Asking Them to ‘Risk Our Lives’

In a recent open letter, a group of Facebook moderators alleges that the company is putting their health and their families at risk by forcing them to return to work during the coronavirus pandemic. The employees believe they are being called back into the office because Facebook’s AI technology is “years away” from working properly.

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Florida A&M Enacts Campus Curfew to Prevent Coronavirus Spread

Florida A&M University announced this week that it is putting a curfew in place for students living on campus to mitigate the spread of coronavirus. Under the new curfew, students must return to their residential halls before 10:00 p.m. The curfew was implemented to deter students from attending large social gatherings on campus.

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Ivy League Cancels Winter Sports Season over Coronavirus Spike

The Ivy League has canceled its winter sports season over a recent spike in positive coronavirus tests in Massachusetts. The athletic conference of elite east coast schools previously announced in July that fall sports would be canceled as part of an effort to comply with state and university restrictions on gatherings.

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Texas May Force Students that Fail Online Classes to Return to School

The state of Texas may force students to return to school if they receive poor grades in their online classes. According to new guidelines published by the state’s education department, students can be required to physically return to school if they are close to failing three or more classes. One school district in the state reports that 25 percent of students are failing two or more online classes.

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U. of Wisconsin Mandates Coronavirus Testing for Some Students

The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is requiring students residing in two campus residential buildings to undergo coronavirus testing. The mandate follows a spike in positive test results at the university, which places the university’s total positivity rate at 2.7 percent.

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Facebook User Numbers Decline in U.S. and Canada

Social media giant Facebook saw a surge in user growth at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but now that surge appears to be slowing down. The company claims that the decrease was expected and could continue through the end of the year.

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First-Year Harvard Medical Students Return to Campus in Spring

Harvard University announced on Friday that first-year medical students will be required to return to campus this spring. Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley said that students must return to campus so that they can work in “patient-oriented” clinical settings.

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