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White House is Banning TikTok on All Federal Devices

Posted February 28, 2023 | Cloud | Social | TikTok | Windows


The White House is currently preparing to ban TikTok from all federal devices in the US. According to Reuters, a guidance memorandum issued by Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young yesterday asked government agencies to have TikTok uninstalled on all federal devices over the next 30 days.

“This guidance is part of the Administration’s ongoing commitment to securing our digital infrastructure and protecting the American people’s security and privacy,” said Federal Chief Information Security Officer Chris DeRusha. The White House and several government agencies had already banned TikTok from work devices before the US Congress voted to ban it back in December.

Following that Congress vote, the White House had 60 days to give clear directives to US agencies regarding the Chinese-owned social network. However, the recent news of a Chinese spy balloon flying over the US may well push the US government to go even further.

As pointed out by Reuters, the House Foreign Affairs Committee is preparing to vote today on a bill that would allow the Biden administration to officially ban TikTok on all mobile devices in the US. TikTok currently has over 100 million users in the US, and the company announced back in September 2021 that it had over 1 billion users across the world.

The US isn’t the only country to have become quite suspicious about TikTok. Canada also announced yesterday that it was banning TikTok on government devices, and the European Commission made a similar announcement last week, citing data security concerns.



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