Alabama becomes latest state to ban TikTok on state devices, networks alpolitics
Ivey said protecting the state and residents’ privacy “is a must,” and added that “I surely don’t take a security threat from China lightly.”
The governor said after a discussion with the state’s OIT secretary, the decision to ban the app was a “no brainer.” Alabama joins a growing number of states, including Maryland, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas to ban the app. Alabama’s move to block TikTok also follows national concerns dating back to the Trump administration. Trump threatened to ban the app in the U.S. and pressured its parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell TikTok to a U.S. company.the federal government’s wariness, with FBI Director Chris Wray in early December warning the app is in the hands of a Chinese government “that doesn’t share our values.
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