{"id":21852,"date":"2022-12-08T05:31:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T05:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/08\/us-states-label-tiktok-a-malicious-and-menacing-threat-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T05:31:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T05:31:10","slug":"us-states-label-tiktok-a-malicious-and-menacing-threat-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/08\/us-states-label-tiktok-a-malicious-and-menacing-threat-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"US States label TikTok a malicious and menacing threat \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Two more US states have launched aggressive action against made-in-China social media app TikTok.<\/p>\n

Texas on Wednesday banned the app from government devices, with governor Greg Abbott ordering<\/a> [PDF] the ban “to protect sensitive information and critical infrastructure from TikTok.”<\/p>\n

“TikTok harvests vast amounts of data from its users’ devices \u2013 including when, where, and how they conduct internet activity \u2013 and offers this trove of potentially sensitive information to the Chinese government,” Abbott wrote.<\/p>\n

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