SEE IT: South Dakota GovKristiNoem bans TikTok and classifies app as 'security threat'
“South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us,” Noem said in a press release. “The Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American people, and they gather data off the devices that access the platform.”“Because of our serious duty to protect the private data of South Dakota citizens, we must take this action immediately.
Since the app's meteoric rise, particularly in the United States, politicians and pundits have advocated restricting the app, either with a ban on state devices or a complete ban. Recently, Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Brendan Carr said the U.S. should outright ban the app.
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