CUHK instructor triggers backlash over WeChat attendance registration policy
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Relevance
3/25
Freshness
24/25
Authority
18/20
Brand Signal
7/15
Depth
6/15
5-Axis Cultural Radar
An instructor at Hong Kong’s second-oldest university has faced a backlash over asking students to use mainland Chinese messaging app WeChat to register their attendance and keep its location services enabled, before later saying the arrangement was optional. The policy was revealed after a screenshot of an email from a teaching staff member in the information engineering department at the Chinese

