``A bill to prohibit the use of TikTok on government smartphones, etc.'' has been unanimously approved by the Senate, and 13 states have already taken TikTok bans in the United States



In the United States, there have long been voices of security concerns about TikTok, a social media originating in China. On December 14, 2022, local time, the Senate unanimously approved the `` bill to ban the use of TikTok on government devices ''.

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The “TikTok Ban Act on Government Devices” introduced by Senator Josh Hawley to the Senate was unanimously approved on the night of December 14th. The bill would ``prohibit certain individuals from downloading or using TikTok on devices issued by the United States or government agencies.''

The bill comes after state governments, especially those led by Republicans , took steps to limit the use of TikTok on government devices. Thirteen states in the United States are moving to ban TikTok, and 11 states have taken bans since December 2022 alone.

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has warned that data collected by TikTok is subject to Chinese law and could be shared with the Chinese Communist Party. In response, a group of 15 state attorneys general belonging to the Republican Party also asked Apple and Google to raise the age limit for TikTok . In June 2022, Brendan Carr, a commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urged Apple and Google to `` ban TikTok ''.

Commissioner of the US Federal Communications Commission calls for Apple and Google to `` ban TikTok ''-GIGAZINE



In approving the ``TikTok Prohibition Act on Government Devices,'' Senator Hawley said, ``TikTok is a Trojan horse of the Chinese Communist Party. There is no place for TikTok on government devices until it is forced to do it.States in the US have banned the use of TikTok on government devices.It is time for the Joe Biden administration and the Democrats to follow suit. It issued a statement.

The bill needs House approval and President Biden's signature to become law. American Senator Tom Cotton wrote on his Twitter account, ``TikTok is a Chinese company and should not be installed on any device, let alone a government device. It should be enacted as a law, ”he tweeted, arguing that the government should unite to ban TikTok.




In response, a TikTok spokesperson said, ``Senator Hawley has reintroduced a bill to ban TikTok on government devices, but this does not advance America's national security interests. We hope that Senator Hawley will encourage the administration to address his concerns rather than go down this path.'

Bills to ban TikTok, such as the ``TikTok Prohibition Act on Government Devices,'' have passed the Senate and House of Representatives, but have never been enacted as law. Senator Marco Rubio has submitted the ``TikTok Prohibition Bill'' to Congress in December 2022, saying that TikTok should be banned in the United States due to national security concerns. Speaking about the bill, Senator Rubio said, 'The federal government has yet to take any meaningful action to protect American users from the threat of TikTok. This is not about creative videos. It concerns an app that collects data on children and adults in the United States.'

``TikTok ban bill'' is submitted to Congress, aimed at preventing data delivery to the Chinese Communist Party-GIGAZINE



Rep. Mike Gallagher and Rep. Raja Krishnamooti have also introduced bills related to banning TikTok in the House of Representatives.

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