Information Technology

Prohibited Technology

On December 7, 2022, Governor Greg Abbott required all state agencies to ban the video sharing application TikTok from all state-owned devices and networks. 
See Governor's Order

The 88th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1893 prohibiting the use of certain social media applications and services on governmental entity devices and directing DIR and  DPS to develop a model policy for the prohibition of Covered Applications. Government Code Chapter 620 requires governmental entities as defined to ban the social media service TikTok (Covered Applications) and any successor application developed by ByteDance.  This requirement applies to state and local government entities.

For a complete list of covered applications and prohibited technologies, please visit Texas DIR. 

University of Houston System has published SAM 0.7A.12 to help ensure compliance with state mandates. 

TikTok and other prohibited technologies are not accessible over the UHV network, including Guest WiFi, or accessible through UHV owned devices. 

For more additional information and FAQs, please see University Houston System's Prohibited Technology page.