New Jersey becomes the latest state to ban the use of the popular video-based social media platform on state government devices.
"Bolstering cybersecurity is critical to protecting the overall safety and welfare of our State," said Governorin a statement on Monday. "The proactive and preventative measures that we are implementing today will ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and safety of information assets managed by New Jersey State government. This decisive action will ensure the cybersecurity of the State is unified against actors who may seek to divide us.
"New Jersey’s policy to remove certain software from State owned or managed devices, inclusive of TikTok, deemed as high risk of potential data loss or privacy issues is part of our statewide cyber risk management program," said New Jersey Chief Technology Officer Christopher Rein. "This follows in line with a number of actions taken by government and private sector enterprises, and is consistent with some of the risk reduction steps taken at the Federal and State levels.
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