Texas Governor Abbott Bans TikTok on State Devices
December 8, 2022 | Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott joined other governors and banned TikTok from state devices.
TikTok is a Chinese spyware app masquerading as a social media platform.
“TikTok harvests vast amounts of data from its users’ devices — including when, where and how they conduct internet activity — and offers this trove of potentially sensitive information to the Chinese government,” Abbott said in a letter to state officials on Wednesday.
ABC News reported:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies on Wednesday to ban the use of social media platform TikTok on government-issued devices over concerns about how the China-owned app handles data on American infrastructure and other sensitive information…. (Excerpt from The Gateway Pundit)