Utah, Alabama Ban TikTok From Government Devices, Joining Growing Number of US States

Utah, Alabama Ban TikTok From Government Devices, Joining Growing Number of US States
The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office in Culver City, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Utah and Alabama on Monday joined a growing number of Republican states in banning video-sharing app TikTok from government devices, amid concerns of threats to the states’ cybersecurity.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, issued an executive order (pdf) to prohibit TikTok use on all state-owned electronic devices.
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