Purdue University announced Wednesday that TikTok is now blocked from the university’s WiFi network. Here's how the students feel about it.
WEST LAFAYETTE — It just got much harder for some Purdue University students to scroll through their favorite app.“Unban it in our dorms at the very least. Please," Economics major Zaina Bwaheed said.“All the time. Pretty much all the time," Bwaheed said.However, the two Boilermakers say it’s still an inconvenience.
Purdue says that this decision was due to concerns about cybersecurity risks to user data privacy, threats to national security and algorithmic censorship of free speech. “Right now, I feel that the world is not just on land with weapons, it’s with data as well," graduate student Anuz said.“I think they took a good step because I've personally taken a few courses in the cybersecurity field and I see how unreliable systems are," Mehei said.“Back in India, we have banned TikTok. The reason is because we have a geopolitical dispute with China. The move was mostly welcomed by the Indians.
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