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University drops COVID tracking app following student group’s activism

Updated: December 10, 2021 at 4:57 pm EST  See Comments

Fri Dec 10, 2021 – 3:45 pm ESTFri Dec 10, 2021 – 4:22 pm EST

LINCOLN, Nebraska (LifeSiteNews) — A libertarian student organization is taking credit for ending a plan by its university to use a Bluetooth COVID tracking program for building access.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will no longer require students to use the “Safer Community App.” The software blocks access to campus buildings if a student tested positive for COVID.

It also used a “color-coding” system based on a student’s testing and vaccination status, according to Young Americans for Liberty (YAL).

“This app also tracks the phone of students through [B]luetooth and location services to ensure that they do not come within 6 feet of someone who has tested positive for COVID-19,” a petition from UNL YAL leader Zachary Gale said.

“Chancellor [Ronnie] Green has been aware of Young Americans for Liberty … and our efforts to get rid of the Safer Community App,” Gale told LifeSiteNews via a phone interview Friday. He said his organization hired an attorney last semester and threatened to sue over a bi-weekly testing plan.

His group has worked with other organizations to host a “massive event” about “medical freedom.” “There’s been a lot

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