With a new law that bars TikTok from government employees' work devices kicking in soon, Sen. Josh Hawley wants details on how it will be enforced.
With a new law that bars TikTok from government employees' work devices kicking in soon, Sen. Josh Hawley wants details on how it will be enforced.The TikTok ban, which Congress passed last December, is supposed to be implemented by Feb. 27, but it's not yet clear how the federal government will do so.
Hawley, who led the No TikTok on Government Devices Act, passed as part of the year-end omnibus spending bill, wrote on Friday to the Office of Management and Budget , the agency responsible for carrying out the law,"This law requires [OMB] to develop standards for executive agencies to remove TikTok and any successor application from government devices within 60 days. Unfortunately, I have yet to see any signs of progress from your agency in developing these standards," Hawley wrote.
More than a dozen state governments have banned the app on government-issued devices, and universities have been banning it on their Wi-Fi networks as well.over fears that it will share data with the Chinese government and manipulate content against U.S. interests. The company is seeking approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States for a plan to protect its U.S. users' data.
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