Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans TikTok on government-owned devices, citing concern about potential Chinese threat

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bans TikTok on government-owned devices, citing concern about potential Chinese threat - KPRC2 Texas

“TikTok harvests vast amounts of data from its users’ devices—including when, where, and how they conduct Internet activity—and offers this trove of potentially sensitive information to the Chinese government,” reads one of the letters. “While TikTok has claimed that it stores U.S. data within the U.S., the company admitted in a letter to Congress that China-based employees can have access to U.S. data.

alleged TikTok planned to use its app “to monitor the personal location of some specific American citizens,” citing materials viewed by the publication.

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