Senators Want to Ban TikTok From Government Devices for All Federal Employees

Departments of State, Homeland Security and Defense already forbid the video creation app

TikTok has already been banned on federal government devices by the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense, and two U.S. senators are now looking to extend that prohibition.

Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Thursday that would ban use of the video creation application by all federal employees on government-issued devices.

A TikTok spokesman said in an emailed statement, “While we think the concerns are unfounded, we understand them and are continuing to further strengthen our safeguards while increasing our dialogue with lawmakers to help explain our policies.

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