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A March 2023 poll from The Washington Post, surveying 1,027 American adults, found that 41% supported the federal government banning TikTok, while 25% remain opposed to a ban. [110] Another March poll, from Pew Research Center , found twice as many adult Americans support the U.S. government's ban on TikTok as oppose it (50% vs. 22%), though a ...
The federal government and 27 state governments have banned popular China-based video sharing mobile app TikTok from government-issued devices.
For millions of U.S. government employees, scrolling through TikTok’s endless “For You” page of videos on phones, laptops and any other federal device issued will be outlawed after President ...
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.
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. [124] 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. [125] On 4 April 2023, TikTok was banned on all government devices, including the mobile phones of politicians. [126]
At least two dozen states and a number of universities have banned TikTok, with more considering similar restrictions on the short-form social media app.A bipartisan coalition in Congress ...
Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota, has signed an executive order prohibiting government employees, agencies and contractors from downloading and using TikTok on state-owned devices.