TikTok

Members of Congress blast TikTok CEO as bipartisan support for U.S. ban looks possible

BY: - March 27, 2023

A U.S. House panel grilled TikTok’s CEO for more than five hours last week over the social media giant’s ties to China, and indicated there may be bipartisan consensus for a national ban on the platform. Members of both parties showed an unusual level of agreement during tough questioning of TikTok CEO Shou Chew. Several […]

Members of Congress sign up for TikTok, despite security concerns

BY: - January 23, 2023

WASHINGTON — Just like teens, members of Congress are setting up TikTok accounts — even as the popular app is increasingly barred from government devices and heads of federal intelligence agencies raise concerns about data collection and surveillance obtained by a Chinese-owned company. At least 32 members of Congress — all Democrats and one independent […]

The TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone. (Photo Illustration by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Ohio bans TikTok from state devices, some officials push for total ban

BY: - January 10, 2023

The following article was originally published on News5Cleveland.com and is published in the Ohio Capital Journal under a content-sharing agreement. Unlike other OCJ articles, it is not available for free republication by other news outlets as it is owned by WEWS in Cleveland.   Time is ticking for one of the most popular social media apps in […]

TikTok ban for federal workers close to becoming law, following flurry of state bans

BY: - December 21, 2022

A ban on federal employees using TikTok on their government-issued phones is on track to become law after Congress included the provision in the year-end government funding bill released early Tuesday. U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s legislation barring the popular social media platform from federal devices was one of several bills attached to the spending measure, the last major action […]

U.S. Senate votes to bar TikTok from government devices as state bans multiply

BY: - December 16, 2022

The U.S. Senate late Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to ban federal employees from downloading TikTok on their work phones. Critics of TikTok, a widely popular social media platform, say the app creates national security concerns because of its ability to track users’ data — and because the Chinese government can compel that data from […]