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Professors sue Texas over TikTok ban, signaling First Amendment fight
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Yea in this case I think it's entirely reasonable. I don't think any (Ad)Tech software should be allowed on state devices or networks. It's a security concern whether it's a company in the USA or a foreign company gathering every ounce of data it can hoover up.
They are blocking schools from accessing it, preventing serious studies of the platform from taking places and restricting the progress that colleges in Texas can make, driving potential communication students out of the state.
If it did not apply to institutes of education it may be a good idea, but as is its just more culture war
Time wasting sites like YouTube or TikTok have been blocked in schools for as long as I can remember.
This isn't about blocking high schoolers from being distracted it's about blocking the institutes of learning from being able to properly study and expose how these sites are manufactured to waste time.