The state’s flagship university calls TikTok – operated in the U.S. by a subsidiary of a China-based company – a “national security concern” and discourages the campus community from using the app on their personal devices. It’s also going further, banning any future academic research projects that involve accessing TikTok. Officials at other Florida universities say they are considering similar action against TikTok, but none has officially followed UF’s lead yet. TikTok says it’s trying to convince federal national security experts that its app is safe.
Is TikTok dead for Florida college students?The University of Florida is warning there is a “strong possibility” it will ban TikTok from its wired and wireless computer networks on campus. That would effectively block access to the popular social media platform for students and faculty i
Are the days of scrolling TikTok on Florida’s college campuses over? The University of Florida is warning about what it called a “strong possibility” it might ban the popular social media app on university devices and WiFi networks. The state’s flagship university calls TikTok – operated in the U.S. by a subsidiary of a China-based company – a “national security concern” and discourages the campus community from using the app on their personal devices. It’s also going further, banning any future academic research projects that involve accessing TikTok. Officials at other Florida universities say they are considering similar action against TikTok, but none has officially followed UF’s lead yet. TikTok says it’s trying to convince federal national security experts that its app is safe.
Medical doctors and colleagues from the University of Florida say Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's advice on COVID vaccines is highly questionable and cherry-picked.
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo’s controversial guidance discouraging COVID-19 vaccines for younger men is of “highly questionable merit,” a University of Florida task force concluded.
The medical school faculty accuse Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo of flawed science in his advice against vaccines for young men. UF says it's powerless to investigate.
A group of UF medical-school faculty members challenged the guidance, but a university official said it is outside the scope of Ladapo’s work with the school.
A group of University of Florida medical school faculty members challenged controversial guidance by state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on COVID-19 vaccinations, but a university official said Wednesday the guidance is outside the scope of Ladapo’s work with the school.