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U.S. House blocks TikTok on official devices ahead of government ban

A separate bipartisan bill that was introduced in Congress on Dec. 13 would ban the TikTok app for everyone in the United States. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)
A separate bipartisan bill that was introduced in Congress on Dec. 13 would ban the TikTok app for everyone in the United States. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

A separate bipartisan bill that was introduced in Congress on Dec. 13 would ban the TikTok app for everyone in the United States. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

TikTok has been banned from all U.S. House of Representatives-managed devices, according to the House’s administrative arm, ahead of a new government-wide ban of the popular Chinese-owned video app that will soon take effect.

The House’s chief administrative officer cited “high risk” security concerns in a memo that ordered lawmakers and staffers on Tuesday to delete the app from government devices, according to a copy of the memo obtained by The Washington Post. Under the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the House on Friday, all employees of the federal government will be barred from installing or must delete TikTok, which is owned by the Beijing-based tech giant ByteDance, in the latest government measure to limit the app’s use in the public sector. Several Republican governors have banned the app on their governments’ electronic devices.

Reuters was first to report news of the ban.

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Author: Editors Desk

Source: The Washington Post

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