{"id":1993676,"date":"2023-08-07T20:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-virginia-prohibiting-tiktok-and-wechat-apps-in-updated-it-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T20:41:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:41:55","slug":"university-of-virginia-prohibiting-tiktok-and-wechat-apps-in-updated-it-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-virginia-prohibiting-tiktok-and-wechat-apps-in-updated-it-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"UVA bans TikTok and WeChat in new IT policy."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-of-virginia-prohibiting-tiktok-and-wechat-apps-in-updated-it-policy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u2064 University of \u200bVirginia Bans Social Media Apps \u2063on School \u2063Networks<\/h2>\n<p>The University of Virginia\u200c has joined\u2062 the growing list of universities taking action \u2062to protect their networks by \u2062banning certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-idol-accused-of-using-conway-daughter-for-ratings\/\" title=\"\u2018American Idol\u2019 Accused Of Using Conway Daughter For Ratings\">social media apps<\/a>.\u2064 In an email sent\u2062 out on Friday, UVA&#8217;s community was \u200dnotified of the new policy.<\/p>\n<p>According to the updated UVA IT policy, all employees, agents, contractors, non-student users, and university IT \u2062specialists are now prohibited from accessing, downloading, or using any applications or websites \u2063developed by ByteDance Ltd. or Tencent \u2062Holdings Ltd.<\/p>\n<h3>The\u2064 Newly Banned Apps<\/h3>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-harvesting-king-google-bans-apps-that-harvest-data\/\" title=\"Data Harvesting King Google Bans Apps that Harvest Data\">banned apps<\/a> at \u200bUVA now\u2063 include popular platforms such as TikTok,\u200d WeChat,\u200d Helo, Lark, and\u2064 Inked.<\/p>\n<p>Failure to comply with the app ban will result in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-american-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-reveal-their-worst-fear-call-for-u-s-to-fight-for-him\/\" title=\"American soldier in North Korean custody, family fears worsen, urges US to fight for his release.\">disciplinary \u2064action<\/a> for\u2062 university employees.<\/p>\n<p>This move\u2062 aligns with Virginia law and aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-virginia-prohibiting-tiktok-and-wechat-apps-in-updated-it-policy\/\" title=\"UVA bans TikTok and WeChat in new IT policy.\">protect state government \u200bdevices<\/a> \u200cand wireless networks from potential infiltration and cybersecurity threats. Governor Glenn \u2064Youngkin \u2062(R-VA) emphasized the importance of safeguarding \u200bdata\u200d and cybersecurity \u2063in his statement.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s worth noting that the ban applies to all employee \u200bdevices, including \u2064personal\u200d devices with access to the university&#8217;s wireless internet.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 University of Virginia is not alone\u2062 in implementing\u200b these restrictions. Many public universities, including Auburn University, Clemson University, \u2064and the University of Florida, \u2063have also taken steps to\u200c block \u2064Chinese-owned apps from their networks.<\/p>\n<p>Universities have long been\u2064 targeted by espionage and are vulnerable to\u2062 IT attacks. In 2019, Chinese hackers \u2063targeted 27 U.S. universities\u2064 to gather\u200b intelligence on sensitive U.S. Navy data, according to \u200dcybersecurity firm iDefense and\u2063 security vendor FireEye.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting the integrity of university \u2062networks \u200cis crucial, and these \u2064measures are \u2062part of a broader effort to ensure the \u2062cybersecurity of educational institutions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to\u200c read more from The\u200d Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Virginia has recently prohibited specific social media apps from accessing their school networks. An email was sent to inform the UVA community, including employees, agents, contractors, non-student users, and IT specialists, that they are no longer allowed to access, download, or use any developed applications or websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1993677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}