Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is moving forward with banning TikTok from state-issued devices and networks.
A model plan announced Monday aims"to guide state agencies on managing personal and state-issued devices used to conduct state business," a news release read.to ban employees from downloading or using TikTok on any government-issued devices. Monday's announcement outlined objectives “to protect Texas’ sensitive information and critical infrastructure from potential threats.”
"It’s critical that state agencies are protected from the Chinese Communist Party as they work on behalf of Texans," Abbott tweeted Monday.State agencies will have until Feb. 15 to draft their own policies to enforce the ban. “Owned by a Chinese company that employs Chinese Communist Party members, TikTok harvests significant amounts of data from a user’s device, including details about a user’s internet activity," Abbott said in a statement."Other prohibited technologies listed in the statewide model plan also produce a similar threat to the security of Texans.
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