{"id":1755862,"date":"2022-11-29T19:02:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755862"},"modified":"2022-11-29T19:03:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:03:02","slug":"south-dakota-governor-noem-blocks-state-employees-from-downloading-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-dakota-governor-noem-blocks-state-employees-from-downloading-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"South Dakota Governor Noem Blocks State Employees From Downloading TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-dakota-governor-noem-blocks-state-employees-from-downloading-tiktok%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1755862&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>South Dakota Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristi Noem<\/a> ordered state government employees to stop using TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Noem signed an Executive Order Tuesday to ban government officials in the state from using the Chinese social media app over growing security concerns. The order takes effect immediately, and bans all state government employees and contractors from downloading the app on government devices. TikTok has been the subject of growing concerns in recent months about data privacy and security risks it poses, particularly to government officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us,\u201d Noem said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sd.gov\/newsitem.aspx?id=31872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cThe Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American people, and they gather data off the devices that access the platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of our serious duty to protect the private data of South Dakota citizens, we must take this action immediately,\u201d Noem added. \u201cI hope other states will follow South Dakota\u2019s lead, and Congress should take broader action, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other officials in South Dakota have previously sounded the alarm about the harm the app inflicts on American children and students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok delivers garbage content to American students and educational content to Chinese students,\u201d Congressman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDustyJohnson\/status\/1589645758240010241?s=20&#038;t=mC8DTGqcmH0c9uJOSN8jPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dusty Johnson<\/a>\u00a0(R-SD) wrote on Twitter, reacting to a \u201c60 Minutes\u201d segment on the differences between content the app promotes in the U.S. vs. in China. \u201cWe cannot trust this company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In August, Johnson introduced a bill to <a href=\"https:\/\/dustyjohnson.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/dustyjohnson.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/Block%20the%20Tok%20Act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban TikTok<\/a> from collecting user data from American users from within the People\u2019s Republic of China. The bill would also have banned TikTok from being downloaded on federal government devices, including military installations and federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA great clip from a recent \u2066@60Minutes piece on why TikTok is not as harmless as many believe,\u201d Sioux Falls mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paultenhaken\/status\/1597250698202255368?s=20&#038;t=mC8DTGqcmH0c9uJOSN8jPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul TenHaken<\/a>\u00a0said in reaction to the clip. \u201cThis app needs more federal scrutiny to ensure our kids (and national security) are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the federal level, TikTok has faced severe and continuous scrutiny about the security risks it poses, not just to the data privacy of individual users, but to national security as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do have national security concerns \u2014 at least from the FBI\u2019s end \u2014 about TikTok,\u201d FBI Director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-do-have-national-security-concerns-fbi-director-warns-chinese-community-party-uses-tiktok-to-compromise-american-privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Wray<\/a> told the House Homeland Security Committee at a hearing earlier this month. \u201cThey include the possibility that the Chinese government could use it to control data collection on millions of users. Or control the recommendation algorithm, which could be used for influence operations if they so chose. Or to control software on millions of devices, which gives it opportunity to potentially technically compromise personal devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-chief-administrative-officer-warns-members-of-congress-not-to-use-tiktok-over-potential-security-risks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chief Administrative Officer<\/a> (CAO) of the House of Representatives has also warned members of Congress against downloading the app, citing security concerns. A memo from the office warned members that the app harvests data, including possibly sensitive information; it also cited the app\u2019s excessive permissions requests and its lack of transparency in how it protects user data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-government-urged-to-ban-tiktok-by-fcc-commissioner-warning-user-data-allegedly-flow-back-to-chinese-communist-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FCC Commissioner<\/a> Brendan Carr has asked Congress to ban TikTok, and earlier this month, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Representative Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced legislation to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/republican-lawmakers-to-introduce-legislation-banning-tiktok-in-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban the app<\/a> in the U.S. outright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem ordered state government employees to stop using TikTok. Noem signed an Executive Order Tuesday to ban government officials in the state from using the Chinese social media app over growing security concerns. The order takes effect immediately, and bans all state government employees and contractors from downloading the app on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":1282897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1755862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1282897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}