The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat?
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones. Other Western governments are pursuing similar bans, citing espionage fears. So how serious is the threat? ...
TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday.
Owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, TikTok has drawn concern from US officials who worry that China's companies are under the thumb of the country's government and could use their products for spying. "The Army is following (Office of the Secretary of Defense) guidance on this," an Army ...
In response to the government-device bans, TikTok told ABC News in a statement: "We appreciate that some governments have wisely chosen not to implement such bans due to a lack of evidence that there is any such need, but it's disappointing to see that other government bodies and instituti...
TMTPost -- TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. doesn’t make clear how to handle the popular short video platform if the U.S. government bans it unless it is sold, but rumors about various options swirled. Credit:ByteDance ByteDance would rather shut down TikTok in the United States than sell the...
TMTPost -- TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. doesn’t make clear how to handle the popular short video platform if the U.S. government bans it unless it is sold, but rumors about various options swirled. Credit:ByteDance ByteDance would rather shut down TikTok in the United States than sell the...
march 16, 2023, at 8:42 a.m. save comment more uk bans tiktok on government devices more reuters file photo: the tiktok logo is pictured outside the company's u.s. head office in culver city, california, u.s., september 15, 2020. reuters/mike blake london (reuters) - british ...
Gov. Phil Murphy says his administration is barring "high risk" social media apps like TikTok on state devices. It comes after a third of U.S. states and the House have moved to ban the platform.
TikTok spokesperson Brooke Oberwetter said the bans are based on "unfounded falsehoods" about the app and won't advance cybersecurity. Oberwetter also called the schools' policies "rushed" and said they'd have unintended consequences when it comes to recruiting students, sharing information and bu...