TCC rolls out state-mandated TikTok ban

the app, including the University of Texas at Arlington and Texas A&M.

TCC announced that TikTok will be banned from use on schoolissued devices and Wi-Fi on Feb. 17.

This restriction follows Greg Abbott’s mandate to ban the app on state-issued devices. Several universities and colleges have banned

TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance and thus concerns about national security have arisen. The issue stems from apps such as TikTok collecting user data. But for NE student Julia MacLeod, she acknowledged that TikTok isn’t the only platform to do so.

“I think it’s an interesting decision because tons of things take our