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New York City bans TikTok for government employees

Agencies reportedly have 30 days to remove the app from devices.

Ban sign displayed on a laptop screen and TikTok logo displayed on a
phone screen are seen in this multiple exposure illustration photo
taken in Krakow, Poland on March 27, 2023. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/
NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Katie Malone
Katie Malone|@kathrynamalone|August 16, 2023 1:48 PM

New York City will ban TikTok from government devices, The Verge
reported on Wednesday. City agencies have 30 days to remove the
ByteDance-owned app from their devices. Employees will not be allowed
to download or use TikTok on their city-sanctioned tech effective
immediately. This comes three years after New York state banned
TikTok from government devices in 2020, according to Times-Union.

NYC Cyber Command, a subset of the Office of Technology and
Innovation, spurred the decision after reporting to the city that
TikTok posed a security threat. "NYC Cyber Command regularly explores
and advances proactive measures to keep New Yorkers' data safe," a
City Hall spokesperson said. "As part of these ongoing efforts, NYC
Cyber Command determined that the TikTok application posed a security
threat to the city's technical networks and directed its removal from
city-owned devices."

Other states and localities, notably Montana, have made waves banning
TikTok more generally across the jurisdiction. But on a wider scale,
most legislators have taken an approach banning the app for
government employees, including the federal government. Thirty-three
states across parties lines now have restrictions on the use of
TikTok on government-owned tech.

As legislation continues to resurface considering a total ban on
TikTok and other apps affiliated with the Chinese government,
ByteDance fights to proven that its not a threat to national security
. TikTok CEO Shou Chew even testified in front of Congress
reiterating that "ByteDance is not an agent of China."

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