Republicans in Florida have introduced bills in the state legislature and the senate that would prohibit students from accessing TikTok on school-provided internet.
Heritage Foundation Tech Policy Center Research Association's Jake Denton warns of the security risk of the China-run app.
In announcing support for two bills that would prohibit social media use at schools across the district, Jimmy Patronis, the chief financial officer of the Department of Financial Services, said TikTok and other social media apps are akin to as TikTok to be allowed in our K-12 institutions," Patronis said in a statement."So as schools are using more-and-more technology and parents are giving their children smartphones and other devices, Florida schools should take a hard stand that this isn’t an acceptable application to be used on school grounds."A teenager taps on the TikTok app on a smartphone.
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