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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.
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act is a United States federal law that prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices. [1] Originally introduced as a stand-alone bill in 2020, it was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 on December 29, 2022, by President Joe Biden.
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 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.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) on the first day of his second term issued an executive order banning applications including TikTok from government devices. Executive Order 2023-03D, signed on Sunday ...
Now that TikTok will soon be banned on federal government devices — with several states issuing similar bans over security concerns — you may wonder whether to expect more bans on the ...
The popular Chinese video app TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House's administration arm, mimicking a law soon to go into effect ...