Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has joined several other Republican governors in banning TikTok on state-issued devices over concerns that the Chinese-owned company is a cybersecurity risk.
The app is alreadySen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sponsor of the Senate bill to bar the app from most federal agency devices, said
that TikTok is"a major security risk to the United States, and until it is forced to sever ties with China completely, it has no place on government devices." The Senate-passed bill would provide exceptions for"law enforcement activities, national security interests and activities, and security researchers."Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and other lawmakers have introduced legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. over national security concerns. The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a separate bill that would ban the wildly popular app from devices issued by federal agencies.Florida Sen.
would"block and prohibit" qualifying social media companies belonging to a"country of concern" — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela.
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