TikTok banned

House officials told members and staff that TikTok and any successor app or service provided by ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, was prohibited.

TikTok has denied these accusations and attempted to assuage fears by guaranteeing that Americans’ user data will be [stored on Oracle servers](https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/19/23174775/tiktok-oracle-team-up-concerns-data-privacy-remain) in the United States. If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it.” After its passage, the Committee on House Administration, chaired by Democratic Sen. “Tik Tok is NOT allowed on House mobile devices. House of Representatives is blocking its members and their staffers from using TikTok on official devices. The American government’s campaign against Chinese-owned TikTok has reached new heights.

Gov. Laura Kelly's action came days after Congress approved the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that banned TikTok from most U.S. government-issued ...

Kelly is directing state employees to remove the TikTok app from their government-issued devices. Kelly urged all of them to impose restrictions. altogether, and the measure approved by Congress had the support of Democratic U.S. She narrowly won reelection in November by pitching herself to moderate GOP and independent voters as a middle-of-the-road problem solver. The Senate earlier this month approved a version of the TikTok ban authored by conservative Republican Sen. In 2020, then-President Donald Trump and his administration sought to ban dealings with TikTok's owner, force it to sell off its U.S. Both the FBI and the Federal Communications Commission have warned that TikTok user data could be shared by owner ByteDance Ltd. officials also worry that the Chinese government might use TikTok to push pro-China narratives or misinformation. TikTok has become the world's second most-popular domain and is consumed by two-thirds of American teenagers, some of whom use it to fill gaps in their school lessons. ___ John Bel Edwards — banned the use of TikTok on state networks under Edwards' control, with his approval. In Louisiana on Monday, the state's commissioner of administration — a Republican appointed by Democratic Gov.

Congress has officially banned the TikTok app on devices belonging to lawmakers and federal employees amid national security concerns.

Effective immediately, House staff are forbidden from downloading the app. A memo cites security concerns.

Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced another bill that would “ [block and prohibit all transactions](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/bill-tiktok-ban)” by TikTok and any other social media apps operating “under the influence” of China. [The Senate passed a bipartisan bill](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1143/actions) earlier this month that proposed banning the social media app from being used on devices issued by federal agencies. If you have the TikTok app on your House mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it.” TikTok is now banned from being used on devices issued by the House of Representatives. [some members of Congress have decided to push for a politically-motivated ban](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/republicans-knock-and-block-all-things-tiktok) that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement. [high risk to users due to a number of security risks](https://deadline.com/2022/12/tiktok-house-of-representatives-devices-joe-biden-1235207619/).”

Once President Biden signs the omnibus spending bill, federal government employees will not be allowed to install the video app or must delete it from ...

On Thursday, [TikTok fired four employees after an internal investigation ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/22/tiktoks-chinese-owner-fires-workers-who-gathered-data-journalists/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13)found that the workers had tracked two American journalists and their associates to see if they had been in contact with ByteDance employees. [A separate bipartisan bill](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/technology/bipartisan-bill-to-ban-tiktok-emerges/2022/12/14/04a52beb-06f4-4824-8be6-1ccb9cfc22ee_video.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_8) that was introduced in Congress on Dec. user data — measures well beyond what any peer company is doing today,” Oberwetter told The Post. authorities the power to veto appointments for the company’s three-member board and top executives and set hiring standards, according to four people with knowledge of the discussions who spoke to The Post on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the conversations. The tentative framework, the four people said, would prevent U.S. The company is implementing a data-security plan and is briefing lawmakers on its proposal, Oberwetter said. [previously reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-spending-bill-china/?itid=lk_inline_manual_23) that TikTok had agreed with the committee to sever decision-making over its U.S. [a new government-wide ban of the popular Chinese-owned video app that will soon take effect](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-spending-bill-china/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2). The company will give U.S. There are more than 100 million TikTok users in the United States, roughly a third of the country’s residents. [previously told The Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/12/20/tiktok-ban-spending-bill-china/?itid=lk_inline_manual_17). Skepticism toward China pushed by Republicans has gained bipartisan traction after

The push to ban TikTok in several state governments and college campuses has now expanded to the U.S. government — the U.S. House of Representatives has ...

[statement](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/tech/tiktok-ban-bill/index.html). The email was sent by House Chief Administrative Office Catherine L. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/13/tech/tiktok-ban-bill/index.html). House of Representatives has ordered the app to be removed from all house-managed devices. [Did Your Go-To Make the List](/article/441479)? government — the U.S.