The University of Wisconsin System has joined a number of universities across the country in banning the popular social media app TikTok on school devicies
The University of Wisconsin System has joined a number of universities across the nation that have banned the popular socail media app TikTokUW System officials made the announcement Tuesday. Multiple schools have banned the app in recent weeks, including Arkansas State, Auburn, Oklahoma, Georgia, Idaho State and Iowa.on state-owned devices, including Mississippi, Indiana, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Congress also recently banned TikTok from most U.S.
There are also concerns that the company is sending masses of user data to China, in breach of stringent European privacy rules. The Senate in December approved a version of the TikTok ban authored by conservative Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, a vocal critic of big tech companies.
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