US judge supports Texas' TikTok ban on state-owned devices
Texas will ban TikTok use on state-owned devices or networks after all. The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University challenged the government's proposed ban in a lawsuit filed in July, insisting it "is preventing or seriously impeding faculty from pursuing research that relates to TikTok." However, on Monday (11.12.23), U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman said the government's data concerns make it a "reasonable restriction". He wrote: "Public university faculty - and all public employees - are free to use TikTok on their personal devices (as long as such devices are not used to ...