One example cited by the plaintiffs is Jacqueline Vickery, Associate Professor in the Department of Media Arts at the University of North Texas, who studies and teaches how young people use social media for expression and political organizing. “The ban has forced her to suspend research projects and change her research agenda, alter her teaching methodology, and eliminate course materials,” the complaint reads. “It has also undermined her ability to respond to student questions and to review the work of other researchers, including as part of the peer-review process.”
This is literally preventing some profs from doing their jobs properly. There has to be a way to sandbox it to negate the threat while still allowing academic research and teaching.
The ban says they can’t install the TikTok app on government-provided devices. I don’t see why they can’t have the TikTok app on their personal devices. Or if they have to visit it on a government device, why can’t they use the web interface.
Eh, no reason they can’t use their own data, though. To me, it’s not much different than the restrictions from most companies have, where you’re not supposed to use company resources for personal business.
They can’t have the university expense a $300 Android device + a vpn to access TikTok? This solves, not having to use a government issued device that access government’s resources and networks, and being protected by using a vpn to create an onion route and preventing potential phone home.
If they cannot work around this, then I legitimately question the quality of “research” they would be conducting here.
This is literally preventing some profs from doing their jobs properly. There has to be a way to sandbox it to negate the threat while still allowing academic research and teaching.
The ban says they can’t install the TikTok app on government-provided devices. I don’t see why they can’t have the TikTok app on their personal devices. Or if they have to visit it on a government device, why can’t they use the web interface.
The ban is on devices and networks, so even if they bring their personal devices to campus or want to use the web that’s a no-go.
Eh, no reason they can’t use their own data, though. To me, it’s not much different than the restrictions from most companies have, where you’re not supposed to use company resources for personal business.
They can’t have the university expense a $300 Android device + a vpn to access TikTok? This solves, not having to use a government issued device that access government’s resources and networks, and being protected by using a vpn to create an onion route and preventing potential phone home.
If they cannot work around this, then I legitimately question the quality of “research” they would be conducting here.