Texas college students say 'censorship of TikTok over guns' says a lot about how officials prioritize safety
The restrictions on TikTok came after aIn the December press release, Abbott cited data harvesting and potential surveillance of its users as the reason, but students told Insider they aren't convinced there's a big threat.
"TikTok is just as 'safe' as any other social media platform," a 20-year-old nuclear engineering student at Texas A&M told Insider, also speaking on the condition of anonymity."Despite being owned by a company in China, other apps owned by US companies can easily acquire any information that the Chinese company has access to."
Instead of taking TikTok away, the student said state officials should work on increasing access to mental health care on college campuses if they want to keep students safe — noting that the Abbott administration cut $200 million from state mental health services in 2021, but"A&M is a big school, and it's easy to get overwhelmed," the student told Insider.
As the ban begins go into effect on college campuses, students are taking to social media to express their frustrations with Texas universities. However, most have chosen to circumvent the ban using, Insider's Kieran Press-Reynolds reported. "It sounds so silly but in today's day and age social media is a really big part of how the younger generation connects and it makes me sad that some will miss out on that," Etta Carpender, a senior at UT Austin, told Insider earlier this week. Subscribe to push notifications
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