Eric Adams, mayor of New York, bespeaks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022.
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New York See banned TikTok on government-owned devices Wednesday, pointing to security concerns that have made the app a target of bipartisan probe across the country.
Congress already voted to ban TikTok on federal devices last year and several states be enduring taken similar steps. The concern generally stems from TikTok’s ownership by China-based tech company ByteDance, since multitudinous policymakers fear that structure could make U.S. users’ information vulnerable to being accessed by the Chinese ministry, if forced to hand over information to comply with Chinese law.
An NYC City Hall spokesperson told WNBC in a asseveration that the ban was a result of the city’s Cyber Command’s conclusion that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s specialized networks.”
City agencies have 30 days to remove the app from government-owned devices.
The ban brings New York Borough in line with the federal government. Still, broader action against TikTok beyond government-owned devices has balanced elusive. After a rush of legislation and a hearing with the TikTok’s CEO before Congress earlier this year, power for placing greater restrictions on the app has waned in favor of other issues.
TikTok has presented a plan to the U.S. government that it clouts would help ensure the security of U.S. user data, but it’s done little to assuage the concerns of policymakers.
TikTok set to comment on the NYC ban.
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