Since 2020, when the Trump administration threatened a ban over national security concerns, TikTok and the US government have been negotiating a deal that may allow the short-form video app to keep serving US users. The flurry of announcements has drawn sharp contrasts with activity at the federal level. Kristi Noem in announcing the new state policy.
'South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us,' said Gov. The mounting pressure on TikTok has come from states led by Republican governors who have highlighted fears that TikTok users' personal information could wind up in the hands of the Chinese government, thanks to that country's national security laws. (Another state, Nebraska, banned TikTok from state devices in 2020.) And last week, the state of Indiana announced two lawsuits against TikTok accusing the Chinese-owned platform of misrepresenting its approach to age-appropriate content and data security.
In the past two weeks, at least seven states have said they will bar public employees from using the app on government devices, including Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Texas. (CNN) - Two years after TikTok avoided a national ban in the United States, the popular short-form video app is now facing growing pushback at the state level.
