The ban is on campus networks, but the reactions I’m reading are acting like this is a ban on the campus itself.
It’s not censorship (or fascism), just like if they blocked PornHub it wouldn’t be censorship (or fascism).
And no, blocking PornHub on a university campus where the vast, vast majority of connected users are 18+ isn’t justifiable unless it was under the grounds of security.
[we are doing it for the] “integrity of information and resources connected to the Clemson network”.
They’re not doing it to censor or discourage use. They’re doing it because they don’t want the software running on their network alongside their network resources.
You can still use tiktok, just not while connected to their network infrastructure.
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Lol how are they expecting to crack down on this if you can just use cell data.
The ban is on campus networks, but the reactions I’m reading are acting like this is a ban on the campus itself.
It’s not censorship (or fascism), just like if they blocked PornHub it wouldn’t be censorship (or fascism).
And no, blocking PornHub on a university campus where the vast, vast majority of connected users are 18+ isn’t justifiable unless it was under the grounds of security.
They’re not doing it to censor or discourage use. They’re doing it because they don’t want the software running on their network alongside their network resources.
You can still use tiktok, just not while connected to their network infrastructure.