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Montana State University: Student Organizations Required to Report Lists of All Event Attendees to Administrators

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In July 2020, MSU began requiring student organizations to report the names of all event attendees to administrators in order to facilitate COVID-19 contract tracing. FIREwrote to MSU on August 26, explaining that while MSU has a compelling interest in protecting student health, the First Amendment right to anonymous speech and association requires that public health efforts bear a substantial relation to, and be the least restrictive means of, achieving those important public health goals. This unconstitutional reporting requirement鈥攗nbound by any time limit or limits on the purpose for which records may be used鈥攊s not the least restrictive means for MSU to achieve its goals, and student rights could be better protected by limiting who maintains the records, when they may be accessed, and how long they are kept. After 果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 letter, MSU revised its contact tracing policies to no longer require that student organizations report names of participants to administrators.

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