Ban of TikTok on University Devices

TikTok Banned by Idaho Law

Per Idaho Law, TikTok has been banned on state-owned and state-issued devices and networks. This includes all U of I equipment, regardless of funding source.

DNS Block 

Users may encounter this block if trying to access TikTok and see the following error message from the SafeDNS service:

Block Page Sample

Use of non-OIT DNS servers will be blocked at a future date.

Sophos Block

Users attempting to access TikTok from U of I managed devices with macOS or Windows could one see the following error messages:

Sophos Block

This is an image of a connection insecurity notification.

 

 

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