Referring to the app as 'digital fentanyl,' Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis says he supports an effort to ban the use of TikTok on campuses of state universities. Your thoughts?
Florida leaders are involved, including Gov. Ron DeSantis. On Tuesday, I spoke with Jimmy Patronis, the state’s chief financial officer, about the risks he sees with the social media app — and why he wants colleges to jump on board and ban the app.“I don’t see any need of taking the risk of allowing a foreign government to have electronic espionage in our state government,” Patronis told me.
In 2020, he banned the app on any state devices. He’s against TikTok for at least a couple of reasons. “I’ll look at it with our kids. I’ve seen my niece on TikTok. She will let her phone go dead and then she’ll plug it up and continue using it. That’s why I call it ‘digital fentanyl.’ It is highly addictive, and I think it’s just a destructive distraction,” Patronis said.Patronis is backing DeSantis in his push against the app.Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says in a tweet that TikTok “threatens Americans’ privacy and harms children’s mental health.
Congress passed and implemented the “No TikTok on Government Devices Act” last year, which prohibits the use of TikTok on all federal government devices.For bonus This Week in Jacksonville coverage, make sure you download the News4JAX+ App, available on Roku, Apple TV, Fire Stick, Android TV and Chromecast.Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved.Kent Justice co-anchors News4Jax's 5 p.m., 10 and 11 p.m. newscasts weeknights and reports on government and politics.
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