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UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

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Re: UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

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Post by BudaDude »

tarotuser wrote: post #11
mybhslaptop wrote: post #3

High schoolers are used to having VPNs for school, time for college students to do that too. Especially since on-campus students have to live with managed WiFi in dorms too. It's unfortunate to see this political censorship affect grown adults who can make their own decisions - but just happen to be at a state university.

You can say "Use a VPN"... However on multiple VPN providers, Tiktok blocks those endpoints. Instead of the Tiktok feed, you get a rude 403 error for any page. Tiktok really REALLY wants to know your real IP address. (edit: this comment pertains to the web page through a browser, not the Tiktok app. I did not test the app+vpn.)

Those endpoints could also be blocked for legitimate reasons. Many use common VPN endpoints for malicious intentions.

Re: UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

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Post by throwaway29812 »

VLM wrote: post #7

The new satanic panic.

Interesting comparison. What part of TikTok giving data on US persons to a government that uses digital surveillance to intern political enemies and undesirable ethnicities resembles a panic rooted in a religiously motivated paranoia?

https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/14/tech/tiktok-china-data/index.... https://www.wsj.com/articles/tiktok-employees-improperly-acc... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/15/documents...

Re: UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

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Post by throwaway29812 »

tarotuser wrote: post #13
VLM wrote: post #7

The new satanic panic.

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Citing the very real and horrible history of ethnic discrimination to dismiss valid criticism of an authoritarian state is odd. It's also exactly what the CCP does.

https://twitter.com/nathanlawkc/status/1464891227694850049 https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/stopasianhate-chinese-dias...

Re: UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

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Post by causi »

jrexilius wrote: post #14

A good, albeit somewhat impotent, move. The companies wont yank it from the app stores in the US for fear of reprisal, but that is the better next step.

The companies wont yank it from the app stores in the US for fear of losing their cut of ad revenue but that is the better next step.

Fixed that for you.

Re: UT-Austin blocks access to TikTok on campus Wi-Fi networks

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Post by jrexilius »

causi wrote: post #29
jrexilius wrote: post #14

A good, albeit somewhat impotent, move. The companies wont yank it from the app stores in the US for fear of reprisal, but that is the better next step.

The companies wont yank it from the app stores in the US for fear of losing their cut of ad revenue but that is the better next step. Fixed that for you.

The revenue from TikTok is minscule compared to losing access the Chinese market. That is the bigger risk they face.
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