Lawmakers and staffers must delete TikTok from any House-issued mobile phones and are prohibited from downloading the popular app on those devices, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
Lawmakers and staffers must delete TikTok from any House-issued mobile phones and are prohibited from downloading the popular app on such devices, according to an internal memo obtained by NBC News.
The memo, sent Tuesday by Catherine L. Szpindor, the chief administrative officer of the House, said the ban comes after her office’s cybersecurity unit found TikTok to be a"high risk to users"House staff are NOT allowed to download the TikTok app on any House mobile devices," the memo said."If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it."A representative for TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Congress passed last week. The provision included a ban of the app and of any application provided by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, based in Beijing, on all executive Branch devices; it did not apply to members of Congress and their staffs. The directive from the House does not apply to the Senate, where some members, including Marco Rubio, R-Fla., have called for the app to be
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