By Drew Harwell, washingtonpost.com, 7-13-23
A group of college professors is suing Texas for banning TikTok on public-university computers and phones, saying it has undermined their ability to teach students and to research one of the world’s most popular apps.
Texas last year joined more than two dozen other states in banning the app on government-owned devices, with Gov. Greg Abbott (R) saying the short-video app, which is owned by a company based in China, could be used by the “Chinese government … to attack our way of life.”
Because the ban covers faculty phones and campus WiFi networks, the professors said the ban immediately halted research projects into TikTok and derailed their plans to lead classes discussing the app’s benefits and risks. » Read More