Another batch of states has taken action against TikTok amid concerns of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) using the app to spy on Americans.
that Americans are concerned that the CCP could use the app to “collect sensitive national security information from U.S. government employees and develop profiles on millions of Americans to use for blackmail or espionage,” and most support congressional action on the matter.
“Protecting the state of Alabama and our citizens’ right to privacy is a must, and I surely don’t take a security threat from China lightly,” Ivey“After we discussed this with our OIT secretary, I came to the no brainer decision to ban the use of the TikTok app on our state devices and network,” she continued.
On Tuesday, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds took similar action, directing the Iowa Department of Management’s Office of the Chief Information Officer to ban the Chinese-owned app from all government devices. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum followed suit, banning TikTok from the devices used in executive branch agencies.
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