To abide by state and federal rules, UF closely monitors the Florida Department of Management Services’ Prohibited Applications on Government Devices List. Previous applications blocked by this have included TikTok and Deepslate. Thirteen apps have recently been added and are now being blocked at UF’s border:
- Rednote
- Lemon8
- Xender
- Baidu Search
- Baidu Maps
- UC Browser
- WPS Office
- Moomoo
- Tiger Brokers
- VMate
- WeBull
- WeChat Pay
- CapCut
To abide by Florida Statute, UF is required to block all prohibited applications from public access on any network and virtual private network that it owns, operates, or maintains and to restrict access to any prohibited applications on government-issued devices. As such, UFIT will be blocking access to these sites and services at the network layer.
If you are using and/or have installed any of these apps, or any other on the Prohibited Applications on Government Devices List, on a university-owned mobile device or computer, you must cease using it and remove/uninstall it from your device. If you need assistance, please contact your local IT support.