The US House has now joined the list of several governmental bodies that have prohibited the Chinese-owned social networking app.
The US House Committee on House Management announced Tuesday (local time) a ban on TikTok from all House-controlled mobile devices, CBS News reported.
According to a memo from House Chief Executive Catherine Spandall, House employees have been barred from downloading TikTok on House devices, citing “many security risks,” and it is currently being downloaded. You must remove the app from your mobile device. representative.
The move added the U.S. House of Representatives to a list of several government agencies that have imposed bans on Chinese-owned social media apps. Approved measures to prohibit the use of
She is not permitted to use TikTok on official equipment in Texas, Georgia, Maryland, South Dakota, South Carolina, or Nebraska, among other US states. Members of the US military are not permitted to use the app on official equipment.
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TikTok faces growing national security concerns from Chinese parent company ByteDance, according to a CBS News report. U.S. officials ask the company to share data collected about its users by the Chinese government. I have repeatedly said that it is possible.
Early in November, Christopher Wray, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), stated that there were worries about national security, particularly the potential for the Chinese government to use it to regulate data collecting. FBI Director Christopher Wray was quoted by CBS News as saying, “National security is a concern for us. Chris Wray remarked, “It may be used by the Chinese government to manage the collecting of data from millions of people.
According to CBS News, the previous Trump administration had warned it would ban the app entirely unless it was sold to an American company citing potential security and privacy threats. , was overturned by U.S. President Joe Biden, who led a national review of foreign-owned apps.