The demon wind is blowing stronger and stronger! On April 5, China's Qingming Day, public universities in Florida, USA, announced that they would ban the use of apps including Douyin's overseas version, WeChat and QQ.
Public University UF Notice
USA Today said Florida's public universities did so mainly because last month's Florida State Board issued an "emergency bill" to block social apps. The bill requires all public universities in Florida to ban the use and access of these apps on the school's public networks and devices.
Tens of thousands of students currently enrolled in Florida's public universities will be the same as in Texas, and they will not be able to use these apps with campus networks.
The College Board of Florida discussed and passed the Emergency Regulations on March 29, 2023, effective April 5, 2023. According to the laws of Florida, it is prohibited to install and use Tencent QQ, WeChat and Douyin, which are operated and managed by Chinese companies.
WeChat and Douyin overseas versions
Many international students said that they had received a notice from the school that if they wanted to use these apps, they could no longer use the school's local area network.
The Federation of Chinese Students at Florida Public Universities issued a statement writing: For the vast majority of Chinese students, scholars and faculty members studying and working in Florida public universities, WeChat is the most important, even the only means of communication with relatives and friends. Whether it is with classmates and friends at a Florida public university, or with family thousands of miles away, WeChat is an indispensable and important part of our lives and lives. In order to ensure contact with relatives and friends, we had to give up the use of on-campus equipment, could not study in the library for a long time, and students living on campus could not even use their own equipment for 24 hours. In a way, it is forcibly separating our learning and living environment. We feel like we're being kicked off campus from the school we love!
Chinese Students Affirm
Not long ago, Texas announced that all public universities can no longer use multiple apps and software when using campus networks, including TikTok, QQ, WeChat, and Alipay, which are commonly used by Chinese.
If you use a school computer, you can't even install these software!
Banned apps
In fact, in universities across the United States, there have long been similar regulations, and China's social and payment app software is restricted and banned, which will be further extended to the entire United States.
Strange, I didn't see software apps such as Toutiao, Little Red Book and Watermelon Video. But don't expect it, it will definitely be included, sooner or later
Starting from restricting the purchase of American real estate by Chinese, it continues to evolve and advance, and the wave is higher than the wave.
Some time ago, we talked about the demon wind of restricting Chinese buying a house and buying land, which also blew from Texas, South Carolina took the lead in legislation, and then to Tom. Cotton and Katie. Bullitt jointly proposed to prohibit Chinese from buying real estate throughout the United States, and even real estate and land that have already been purchased need to be forced to sell.
U.S. Senator Tom. Cotton and Katie Bullitt
Now, even the traditionally enlightened state of New York has lawmakers following suit and introducing a ban on Chinese buying real estate in New York State.
New York State will ban reports of Chinese buying real estate
A New York state congressman, following Texas, put forward a proposal to ban citizens, businesses and governments of China, Russia and several other countries that "pose a threat to national security" from buying land and homes in New York State.
The legislator who filed the bill in New York State
The United States has always advertised itself as a beacon of democracy and a defender of human rights, holding high the banner of democracy and human rights around the world and defending democratic values. However, on American soil, this series of legal proposals and incidents that violate human rights, hinder justice, and are not democratic can only show that the decline of the United States is not far away.
Whoever God wants to perish, he will first drive him mad!