Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday a statewide plan to ban TikTok. “Texans, especially our state agencies and employees, must be protected from having...
“Texans, especially our state agencies and employees, must be protected from having sensitive information shared with the Chinese Communist Party,” he wrote on Twitter. “We cannot ignore this security threat.”, released with Monday’s announcement, outlined objectives “to protect Texas’ sensitive information and critical infrastructure from potential threats,” including banning TikTok and preventing the download of the app on state-issued devices, such as cell phones, laptops, and tablets.
It also calls to prohibit employees or contractors from conducting state business on devices with TikTok or the other banned technology. The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Department of Information Resources developed a plan for state agencies on managing personal and state-issued devices used to conduct state business. Each agency will have until February 15, 2023 to implement its own policy to enforce this statewide plan.