{"id":1766387,"date":"2022-12-07T12:32:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766387"},"modified":"2022-12-07T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T17:33:00","slug":"another-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Governor Bans TikTok From State Devices"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fanother-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-devices%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=1766387&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>Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced a ban of the Chinese-owned app TikTok from the state\u2019s government devices Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The TikTok ban was included in an emergency cybersecurity directive aimed at multiple Chinese and Russian apps and products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere may be no greater threat to our personal safety and our national security than the cyber vulnerabilities that support our daily lives,\u201d Hogan\u00a0<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/governor.maryland.gov\/2022\/12\/06\/governor-hogan-announces-emergency-directive-to-prohibit-use-of-tiktok-china-and-russia-based-products-and-platforms-in-state-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a statement. \u201cTo further protect our systems, we are issuing this emergency directive against foreign actors and organizations that seek to weaken and divide us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action represents a critical step in protecting Maryland State systems from the cybersecurity threats caused by foreign organizations,\u201d Maryland\u2019s Chief Information Security Officer Chip Stewart added.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-47996\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new ban comes after FBI Director Christopher Wray recently warned about the national security concerns surrounding TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chinese government has shown a willingness to steal Americans\u2019 data on a scale that dwarfs any other,\u201d Wray <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6238540\/tiktok-fbi-security-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0Friday at the University of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s ban adds to a growing number of states that are moving to ban the social media platform.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/a-clear-and-present-danger-to-its-users-south-carolina-gov-bans-state-employees-from-using-tiktok-amid-national-security-concerns\">issued<\/a> an executive order banning TikTok from government devices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProtecting our State\u2019s critical cyber infrastructure from foreign and domestic threats is key to ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of our citizens and businesses,\u201d McMaster wrote in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/governor.sc.gov\/news\/2022-12\/gov-henry-mcmaster-blocks-tiktok-state-government-devices\">letter<\/a>\u00a0to the state\u2019s Department of Administration Executive Director Marcia Adams.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem became the first governor to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/south-dakota-governor-noem-blocks-state-employees-from-downloading-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ban<\/a> TikTok from state devices, including making it a criminal offense to download the app on a state device.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouth Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us,\u201d Noem said in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.sd.gov\/newsitem.aspx?id=31872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \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>On Tuesday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) and other Wisconsin lawmakers sent a letter to Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/ron-johnson-wisconsin-tony-evers-ban-tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar action<\/a> in their state, asking him to \u201cban TikTok from Wisconsin government devices and to lead by example and delete TikTok from your own devices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Arkansas, state Sen. Gary Stubblefield (R) filed a bill on Monday that would enact a similar TikTok ban on state devices.<\/p>\n<p>At the national level, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) introduced legislation last month 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>\u00a0in the U.S. outright.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikTok is a major threat to U.S. national security. Yet Biden is encouraging greater engagement with the platform by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2022\/10\/27\/tiktok-democrats-influencers-biden\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directly courting<\/a> TikTok influencers,\u201d they wrote in an opinion piece published in The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok has faced scrutiny about the security risks it poses, both to individual data privacy and to national security. The concerns reach back to the Trump administration when then-President Donald Trump pushed to ban the app from the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced a ban of the Chinese-owned app TikTok from the state\u2019s government devices Tuesday. The TikTok ban was included in an emergency cybersecurity directive aimed at multiple Chinese and Russian apps and products. \u201cThere may be no greater threat to our personal safety and our national security than the cyber &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1766390,"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-1766387","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\/1766387","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1766390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}