University of Texas at Austin blocks TikTok from its IT network

Key Facts

• The move makes it impossible for users of TikTok to access the app, even on personal devices, if they are connecting via the school’s wired or wireless networks, the university wrote in a message posted to its website.
• The university had already begun removing TikTok from official cell phones, tablets and other devices as part of complying with the directive, the message continued.
• The university is not the first to restrict TikTok from its network.
• The University of Oklahoma and Auburn University in Alabama have each taken steps to clamp down on TikTok in response to governors’ orders in their respective states.

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