{"id":1195005,"date":"2023-01-18T08:41:30","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1195005"},"modified":"2023-01-19T10:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:09:03","slug":"ut-tyler-blocks-tiktok-from-campus-internet-networks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1195005","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler blocks TikTok from campus internet networks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1195008\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/UTTYLER1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler blocked social media app TikTok from all campus internet networks effective Tuesday, the university announced. According to our news partner KETK, UT Tyler said this comes in response to Gov. Greg Abbott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recent directive that requires all state agencies to remove the app from state-issued devices and equipment to address cybersecurity risks. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153UT Tyler is taking these important steps to eliminate risks to information contained in the university\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s network and to our critical infrastructure,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the university said. The order does not apply to student-run accounts that are owned by student organizations, since they are not government or Texas state agency accounts.<!--more--> The university said that TikTok is prohibited from being uploaded on any university device or through the UT Tyler network, so student organizations cannot use university devices or the campus network to manage their TikTok accounts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We will continue to take steps to ensure compliance with this order and will provide updates as they occur,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Ona Tolliver, Senior Vice President for Student Success said in an email to students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler blocked social media app TikTok from all campus internet networks effective Tuesday, the university announced. According to our news partner KETK, UT Tyler said this comes in response to Gov. Greg Abbott\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recent directive that requires all state agencies to remove the app from state-issued devices and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1195005\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler blocks TikTok from campus internet networks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1195010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/UTTYLER1-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler blocks TikTok from campus internet networks","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1195005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 10:36:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/01\/UTTYLER1-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"UT Tyler blocks TikTok from campus internet networks","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195009,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195005\/revisions\/1195009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1195010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}