[Air-L] TikTok Bans and Research

[Aram Sinnreich]

At the risk of asking the obvious, have you tried accessing the service via a (non-university) VPN?

> On Jan 13, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Arditi, David M via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
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> Hi All,
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> I just realized that I can no longer access TikTok from work computers. This is in compliance with a policy about TikTok in Texas. Since the American federal government and other states are banning it as well, I'm wondering if anyone has figured out an effective workaround. This is a big barrier to conducting academic research on TikTok, social media, or just the cultural world. Any suggestions would be useful.
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> Thank you,
> David
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> Dr. David Arditi
> Associate Professor of Sociology
> Director of the Center for Theory
> University of Texas at Arlington
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