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UT Austin blocks access to TikTok on university networks

Becky Fogel, The Texas Newsroom / Audrey Mcglinchy, KUT

Posted on January 17, 2023 · The public university took the step in response to a directive that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued in early December. Abbott said the app posed security risks to the state.

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The cybersecurity threat of TikTok (Jan. 23, 2023)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 23, 2023 · On Monday's show: Now that TikTok has been banned from government-issued devices in Texas, we discuss what sort of threat the social media app may pose.

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TikTok access wiped in a week at major Texas universities

Matt Harab

Posted on January 20, 2023 · Abbott claimed that the state universities “understand this is a bipartisan issue to keep the tentacles of China out of our universities and out of our state.”

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Texas universities propose two-year tuition freeze in exchange for nearly $1 billion in additional state funding

Kate McGee, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 10, 2023 · The leaders of the state’s six biggest university systems are seeking the money to fund instruction, university operations and employee health insurance and to cover a free tuition program for veterans and their children.

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Chris Beard fired by University of Texas amid felony domestic violence charge

JIM VERTUNO, Associated Press

Posted on January 5, 2023 · The charge of assault by strangulation/suffocation family violence carries a possible prison sentence of two to 10 years if convicted; the woman told police the basketball coach strangled and bit her, but later denied Beard choked her.

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