Kentucky has joined more than 20 US states in banning the popular video application ‘TikTok’ by government agencies due to cybersecurity concerns.
The state said it has updated its staff roster to prevent state employees from using government-run devices to access the Chinese-owned app “except for law enforcement purposes.”
The governors of Wisconsin and North Carolina signed orders Thursday banning government agencies from TikTok. Ohio, New Jersey and Arkansas took similar steps earlier this week.
Some states have gone further than targeting TikTok. New Jersey and Wisconsin have also banned sellers, products and services of other Chinese companies, including Huawei Technologies Inc, Hikvision Inc, WeChat owner Tencent Holdings Inc, and ZTE Corp. as well as Russian company Kaspersky.
Calls to ban TikTok by government agencies gained momentum after FBI Director Christopher Wray said in November that it posed national security risks.
Ray highlighted the threat that the Chinese government could exploit the app to influence users or control their devices.
TikTok, which has had more than 100 million users for three years, is trying to reassure Washington that the personal data of American citizens are not accessible and their contents cannot be manipulated by the Chinese Communist Party or any other entity subject to Beijing.
President Joe Biden approved a government funding bill last month that includes a ban on federal employees using or downloading
TikTok on government-owned devices.
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