Senate bill seeks to ban Chinese app TikTok from government work phones

Senate bill seeks to ban Chinese app TikTok from government work phones

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https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/12/hawley-bill-tiktok-china/

On Thursday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Rick Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation to further restrict the use of the popular viral video app TikTok on government devices.

The bill seeks to expand existing federal guidance prohibiting use of TikTok to encompass any U.S. government-issued device. The legislation is the most recent effort by U.S. lawmakers to limit Chinese-built tech software, devices and components for fear that those products have the potential to be leveraged by the Chinese government.