Universities across the country are banning faculty, students, and visitors from accessing TikTok on campus wifi …
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00:00The University of Texas at Austin will no longer allow students, faculty, or visitors to access
00:05TikTok on the college's Wi-Fi. And they aren't the only school with this new rule.
00:10So why are universities banning the app?
00:12Brooke can explain in less than 60 seconds.
00:14Back in December, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered state agencies to remove the app from
00:18government-issued devices due to cybersecurity concerns.
00:22An email sent to students at UT of Austin, a public university,
00:25let them know of the new policy, which directly cited the governor's directive.
00:29A TikTok spokesperson said the move was a way to jump on the political bandwagon
00:33based on assertions that are unfounded falsehoods about TikTok.
00:36And the politics they're talking about are the national concerns regarding the privacy
00:40and security within the app, which is owned by the China-based company ByteDance.
00:44Other universities have done the same, including Auburn University,
00:48University of Oklahoma, and schools within the University System of Georgia.
00:52Students will still be able to access the app via their own
00:54personal Wi-Fi connections or using cellular data.