{"id":1767343,"date":"2022-12-08T06:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T11:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1767343"},"modified":"2022-12-08T09:18:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:18:16","slug":"yet-another-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/yet-another-governor-bans-tiktok-from-state-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet 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=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fyet-another-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=1767343&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/12\/Untitled-design-2022-12-07T100950.259.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<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><\/b><\/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\"><span class=\"s2\">directly courting<\/span><\/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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1767343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"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\/1767343","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1767343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767343\/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=1767343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1767343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1767343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}