A&M-Commerce blocks TikTok from university digital networks

Texas A&M University-Commerce digital networks no longer allow access to the short-form video hosting service TikTok. The same is true at all Texas A&M University System institutions and agencies. System Chancellor John Sharp has instructed all A&M System entities to block all access to TikTok on wired and wireless networks. The A&M System Security Operations Center has blocked TikTok. A statement from A&M-Commerce yesterday says the block does not include the student housing network. On December 7, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered all Texas state agencies to ban the use of TikTok on state networks and state-issued devices. Officials say ban was implemented because of the threat of nation state actors gaining access to critical U.S. infrastructure and information. TikTok is owned by the Chinese Company ByteDance.