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Florida's universities are facing significant research funding cuts and audits under Governor DeSantis, aligned with federal efforts led by the Trump administration to restrict research topics and terminate grants, impacting ongoing projects and academic freedom across the state.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in collaboration with the chancellor of the state's university system, is taking action against student groups that have expressed support for "Hamas terrorism." The governor aims to terminate the student chapters and suspend school administrators affiliated with these groups. The move comes after a student organization known as National Students for Justice in Palestine (National SJP) published a toolkit referring to Hamas operations as "the resistance." The chancellor's letter states that supporting terrorism is a felony under Florida law, and the student chapters must be deactivated. DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate, has been vocal in condemning the recent Hamas attack in Israel and plans to increase state sanctions on Iran, the main financial supporter of Hamas.
All Florida state universities, including the University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida Atlantic University, are now banned from using campus Wi-Fi or school-owned devices to access TikTok due to potential security risks. The ban is in compliance with an emergency regulation adopted by the State University System Board of Governors on March 29, which requires apps like TikTok to be removed from all university-owned devices immediately and for UF to block network traffic from these platforms. UF also urged deleting such apps from personal devices.