The University of Arizona has joined Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University in banning the use of TikTok on university-managed devices.
“The University of Arizona is already fully compliant with the Biden administration’s guidance and is working to block TikTok from university-owned personal computing devices,” UA spokesperson Nick Prevenas said Monday. stated in an evening email.
UA has not yet responded to questions about whether members of the campus community can access the app on personal devices using the campus WiFi network.
In late February, President Joe Biden issued an executive order giving federal agencies and contractors (public universities fit that description) 30 days to remove the TikTok app from government-issued phones and other devices. Did. The order was used by TikTok, an app owned by Chinese company ByteDance that allows users to create and share short videos, to leak data to the Chinese government and spread pro-China narratives. It comes at a time of growing concern among state and local legislators that the
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and congressional hearings Addressing these concerns last month, TikTok CEO Shou Chew said TikTok is headquartered in Los Angeles and Singapore and does not operate in mainland China. “We are committed to being very transparent with our users about what we collect,” Chu said at the hearing. I don’t think so.”
TikTok is now banned on government-issued phones for federal employees, a cybersecurity measure they say. TikTok’s CEO recently attended a House committee to answer questions about the app. The representative, who is a majority stakeholder in TikTok, said that ByteDance was forced by the Chinese government to hand over user data without question or to censor or change information critical of the government. I suggested that there is a possibility that Algorithms to rule Americans.
But with Biden’s executive order, many public universities, including Florida State University, the University of Texas in Austin, and Auburn University in Alabama, are moving forward with bans on TikTok from university-owned devices.
The ASU ban went into effect on Monday.according to report From the Republic of Arizona, members of the campus community, including students, can continue to access TikTok via their personal devices. was not found at the time of
It’s a similar story at NAU in Flagstaff. TikTok has been removed from all university devices, but anyone is free to access the app from their personal devices using campus WiFi.
The University of Arizona’s main TikTok account, @uarizona, has 31,600 followers and, like several other UA-branded accounts, was live as of Tuesday afternoon.
Pima Community College makes no claims about the use of TikTok on campus.
“We are closely monitoring legislative developments at both the state and federal levels,” said PCC spokeswoman Libby Howell. We believe there are other social media that will easily replace TikTok.”
Kathryn Palmer is in charge of higher education for the Arizona Daily Star. Please email kpalmer@tucson.com or her new phone number 520-496-9010.
