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The No TikTok on Government Devices Act was originally introduced in 2020 by Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) and passed the United States Senate by unanimous consent on August 6, 2020. [3] The bill ( S. 1143 ) was reintroduced on April 15, 2021, by Senator Hawley and it passed the Senate by unanimous consent again on December 14, 2022.
As of April 2023, [29] [30] at least 34 out of 50 states have announced or enacted bans on state government agencies, employees, and contractors using TikTok on government-issued devices. State bans only affect government employees and do not prohibit civilians from having or using the app on their personal devices.
The federal government and 27 state governments have banned popular China-based video sharing mobile app TikTok from government-issued devices.
TikTok and its Chinese parent company are asking the United States government to take a closer look at legislation that could ban the social media platform in the states.. On Monday, TikTok and ...
TikTok is already banned in a handful of countries and from government-issued devices in a number of others, due to official worries that the app poses privacy and cybersecurity concerns.
On 21 March 2023, the federal government began a review of the app. [123] The review is expected to ban TikTok on all official government devices. It has been reported that some politicians are using burner phones due to the ban. [124] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [125]
TikTok was banned from government devices in Ireland in April 2023. Jordan TikTok has been banned in the Kingdom of Jordan since December 2022 , after a police officer was killed during a protest ...
The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved a bill from Senator Josh Hawley banning federal employees from using video-sharing app TikTok on government-issued devices, amid threats from the ...