Texas Governor Bars State Employees From Using Shein, Temu on State-Owned Devices

The governor coordinated with Vice Adm. TJ White, chief of Texas Cyber Command, in updating the prohibited technologies list.
Texas Governor Bars State Employees From Using Shein, Temu on State-Owned Devices
The Shein logo and its website are seen on May 16, 2024. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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Texas is expanding its list of prohibited technologies for state employees in an effort to protect its citizens from the Chinese Communist Party and other hostile foreign actors, according to a statement on Jan. 26.

Gov. Greg Abbott has added shopping platforms Shein and Temu, international business-to-business online marketplace Alibaba, battery maker CATL, TP-Link hardware and software, artificial intelligence systems, and several more technologies to Texas’s blacklist.

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