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At least 25 have banned the popular social media site TikTok, mainly on state-owned devices and bills have been introduced in Congress for the federal government to do the same. The reason is national security fears of the Chinese-owned company sharing information collected on the site to Chine.

Íø±¬ÃÅ associate professor and social media researcher  (they/them) is available to speak to the media about this issue. They said this is less about national security and more about censorship:

• “This is how statecraft takes place in the digital era—the United States has a habit of framing its efforts as benevolent and in the national interest. But the world is bigger than individual nations. People everywhere should be concerned about sovereigns controlling public opinion through nationalistic mechanisms. The threat to freedom of information in the United States is bigger than TikTok,” said Grygiel.

You can see their full bio on their website:  and here is a sample of some of their interviews:

• CBS News,
• Washington Post,
• CNN,
• Forbes,
• Wall Street Journal,
• Time,
• The Conversation, (opinion)
• Associated Press,
• Quartz, ?
• ZDNet,
• The Associated Press, 
• The Guardian,

Please contact Ellen James Mbuqe, executive director of media relations, at ejmbuqe@syr.edu or 412-496-0551 to set up an interview.