Congress approved a ban on TikTok from federal devices Friday, as part of a larger government spending bill, amid a recent surge by state governments banning the app for national security reasons, and after Forbes revealed several of its reporters were tracked by TikTo.
The spending bill banned TikTok from federal devices.
The No TikTok on Government Devices Act was included in a government funding bill approved by the Senate and the House.
The act does not allow TikTok to be downloaded or accessed through any federal device or network.
Arkansas, West Virginia, Louisiana, New Hampshire, Idaho, Georgia, North Dakota, Iowa, Alabama, Virginia, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, South Dakota, Maryland, Nebraska, Florida have decided to ban the social media app.
Employees of ByteDance tracked Forbes journalists who reported on the company. The accounts were run by the Chinese government and were used to attack politicians in the US before the election.
The government spending package will be signed by President Biden as soon as it arrives at his desk, he said in a statement.
Legislation banning TikTok from the U.S. was announced last week, though a date for when it will be voted on is not known. The proposed act would prohibit and block all transactions from any social media company in China, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela. The companion legislation in the House was sponsored by two congressmen.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is currently negotiating conditions under which ByteDance and TikTok can operate in the United States.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is investigating ByteDance and has banned TikTok on national security grounds. The app and its parent company have been accused of threatening national security by the U.S. Commerce Department. Biden revoked Trump's order after promoting a security review of the app. Forbes reported that ByteDance had planned to monitor the location of American citizens, while a New York Times article suggested the app could track user keystrokes. Several Republican members of Congress from Wisconsin wrote a letter urging a ban on the state because of the articles.
The Senate approved a bill banning TikTok from federal devices.
There is a reason Raja Krishnamoorthy wants to ban TikTok.
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