Universities at all latitudes of the USA have blocked access to TikTok from their Wi-Fi connections. This practice, to which the state of Texas is added, has already been spreading for several months, adding states such as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Oklahoma and South Dakota.
Institutions in the United States have taken more action against ChatGPT and TikTok than against gun-carrying on their campuses. The latest additions to the list were the University of Texas and Texas A&M University. But what is the reason for this move? This is a government decision. this is increasingly spreading among more states of the North American nation.
The verdict comes from Greg Abbott, the state governor who banned TikTok from all government agencies in the region. This decision, as it were, brings the threshold of the information war closer.and it is based on “the threat that the Chinese Communist Party will gain access to sensitive information from the United States,” according to the Texas government’s website.
TikTok collects vast amounts of data from its users’ devices, including when, where and how they perform online activities, and offers this trove of potentially sensitive information to the Chinese government.
Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas
TikTok draws distrust from US governments
A couple of weeks ago, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, confirmed that it was collecting personal information from some users. Of course, according to the company itself –so you have to use tweezers—, This is a one-off case completed by four ByteDance employees.. Although measures have already been taken against these people, the United States has decided to start on the defensive.
But this North American country seems to be fighting a rather controversial fight. In an attempt to protect myself from potential harm from TikTok, the app has become the most popular in the country. This is of course a problem when trying to counter the consequences of possible widespread surveillance.
Will the measures of universities affect the popularity of the platform in the country? Unlikely, as by simply turning off their devices’ Wi-Fi network, users can seamlessly access TikTok using mobile data.
The question of whether concerns about TikTok are de facto is not definitively determined. However, pressure is mounting in the United States from government officials in his crusade to curb the popularity of the video app.
For its part, this North American country also had its scandals. reports Stanford Internet Observatory monitor government activities in the interests of the United States in the Middle East and Asia. Among the detected companies were Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and others.
Source: Hiper Textual
