“It didn’t really occur to me when I saw that first email that it would be something that impacts me directly.” That realization would come a few days later, when Auburn’s administration said that it would ban TikTok from campus Wi-Fi networks, joining several other public universities that have recently enacted similar restrictions.“Me and my friends have been talking about it ever since we first found out,” said Elizabeth Hunt, a 20-year-old Auburn junior from Birmingham, Ala., who lives on campus as a resident adviser.In an email to students last week, just before Auburn’s 25,000 students returned from winter break, the school reiterated its ban and its effort “to protect valuable information and to reduce the possible cybersecurity threats associated with using TikTok.” But it also reminded students that they could still use the app on their personal or even Auburn-provided devices as long as they’re using their own cellular service.“We’re disappointed that so many states are jumping on the political bandwagon to enact policies that will do nothing to advance cybersecurity in their states and are based on unfounded falsehoods about TikTok,” said Jamal Brown, a spokesman for TikTok.One former sorority sister at Auburn, for example, “did a new TikTok dance every day promoting Auburn Zeta Tau Alpha so people would see how much fun she was having with her ‘zisters,’” Ms. Franco said, adding that it would be a “huge hit” to Greek life at Auburn if the university’s ban extended to sorority TikTok accounts and related hashtags."