U.S. Senate passes bill potentially banning TikTok
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill requiring the Chinese owner of TikTok, ByteDance, to sell the app to a U.S.-approved buyer or risk a ban. President Biden has indicated that he will sign the bill to that effect.
The Senate passed the proposal, formally known by the resounding name Protecting Am... Read more
State of Montana bans TikTok and may ban more apps soon
The state of Montana has put a stop to local TikTok downloads. The Republican stronghold becomes the first US state to ban the Chinese-owned app.
This week POLITICO reported that Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill banning TikTok for all residents in Montana. Gianforte, a Republican, s... Read more
Dutch government will ban TikTok on work phones of civil servants
The Dutch State Secretary for Digitalization Alexandra van Huffelen has announced that spy-sensitive apps, such as TikTok, will soon no longer be allowed on the work phones of government officials. Until then, civil servants are discouraged from having such apps installed and used on mobile work de... Read more
US House of Representatives bans TikTok
According to the House's administration arm, the prevalent Chinese video app TikTok has indeed been banned across all US House of Representatives-managed devices, mirroring a regulation that will shortly go into effect prohibiting the service from US government devices.
The app is considered "hi... Read more