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July 09, 2020

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Amazon Tells Employees to Delete TikTok From Mobile Devices on Security Concerns

TikTok is among scores of mobile apps to share or make available private information about their users with third parties, said Kirsten Martin, professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business.

Reports: Amazon Bars Video App TikTok on Workers' Phones

“If we are concerned about TikTok, we should be concerned about thousands of other apps that collect, sell, and give access to our location data, contacts, and photos on our phones,” said Kirsten Martin, a professor of technology ethics at the University of Notre Dame.

All these Zoom birthdays and weddings are fine, but will we actually savor the memories?

“Some recent research has shown if you have more event boundaries, that helps break up your experience and you remember better,” says Gabriel Radvansky, a psychology professor at the University of Notre Dame who first wrote about this “doorway effect.”

Catholic universities oppose ICE guidance for international students

Holy Cross Father John Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, also spoke out against the rule, even though Notre Dame has already announced it will have in-person classes, with a modified scheduled, in the fall.

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