New York City bans TikTok for government employees<p>New York City will ban TikTok from government devices, <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23834579/nyc-tiktok-ban-new-york-china-surveillance-spy">
The Verge reported[/url] on Wednesday. City agencies have 30 days to remove the ByteDance-owned app from their devices. Employees will not be allowed to download or use TikTok on their city-sanctioned tech effective immediately. This comes three years after New York state banned TikTok from government devices in 2020, <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="
https://www.timesunion.com/state/article/n-y-quietly-banned-tiktok-government-devices-17886372.php">according to
Times-Union[/url].</p><p>NYC Cyber Command, a subset of the Office of Technology and Innovation, spurred the decision after reporting to the city that TikTok posed a security threat. "NYC Cyber Command regularly explores and advances proactive measures to keep New Yorkers' data safe," a City Hall spokesperson said. "As part of these ongoing efforts, NYC Cyber Command determined that the TikTok application posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks and directed its removal from city-owned devices.”</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>Other states and localities, <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/montanas-governor-signs-bill-banning-tiktok-225326086.html">notably Montana[/url], have made waves banning TikTok more generally across the jurisdiction. But on a wider scale, most legislators have taken an approach banning the app for government employees, <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/tiktok-us-government-ban-devices-omnibus-bill-funding-nasa-234803320.html">including the federal government[/url]. Thirty-three states across parties lines <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/tech/tiktok-state-restrictions/index.html">now have restrictions on the use of TikTok[/url] on government-owned tech.</p><p>As legislation continues to resurface considering a total ban on TikTok and other apps affiliated with the Chinese government, ByteDance <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/can-tiktok-convince-the-us-its-not-a-national-security-threat-173030115.html">fights to proven that its not a threat to national security[/url]. TikTok CEO Shou Chew <a data-i13n="cpos:7;pos:1" href="
https://www.engadget.com/heres-what-tiktoks-ceo-told-congress-about-the-apps-ties-to-china-and-teen-safety-201657076.html">even testified in front of Congress[/url] reiterating that "ByteDance is not an agent of China."</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at
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New York City bans TikTok for government employees
