After Republican Governor Kevin Stitt penned an executive order banning TikTok on official government devices, the University of Oklahoma announced its own schoolwide ban.
was banned by the governor due to"ongoing national and cybersecurity concerns with the TikTok application."The TikTok logo outside a TikTok office on December 20, 2022 in Culver City, California.
The devices include"state-issued cellphones, computers, or any other device capable of internet connectivity," he ordered."We will not participate in helping the Chinese Communist Party gain access to government information," Stitt said at the time. Oklahoma Sooners Campus during the Oklahoma Sooners game against the West Virginia Mountaineers on November 25, 2017 at Gaylord Memorial Stadium in Norman, OK.located in Tahlequah, also banned the app.
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