TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – In an email to members and staff serving the US House of Representatives, a copy of which was Retrieved by NBC NewsThe Chief Administrative Officer of the House directed the removal of the video app TikTok from all devices managed by the House.
The action, according to the email obtained, was initiated by the CAO’s Office of Cybersecurity, mirroring similar actions required of executive branch agencies by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The CAO said the Cyber Security Office had deemed the app a high risk amid security concerns. ,
According to the memo, ‘immediate start’,
- House staff are not permitted to download the TikTok app on any House mobile device.
- TikTok is not allowed on home mobile devices. If you have the TikTok app on your home mobile device, you will be contacted to remove it.
The $1.7 trillion budget legislation would fund the US federal government through September and includes the removal of the TikTok app as well as “any successor application or service developed or provided by ByteDance Ltd.”
An outright ban on TikTok in the US has also been proposed by several federal lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle, including US Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida.
“The federal government has yet to take a single meaningful action to protect American users from the threat of TikTok. It’s not about creative videos — it’s about an app that’s collecting data on hundreds of millions of American children and adults every day. mid december,
He introduced legislation to ban the app with Democratic and Republican allies in both chambers of Congress, which antisocial ccp actWith the goal of limiting China’s ability to influence the US and spy on Americans.
“At a time when the Chinese Communist Party and our other adversaries abroad seek any advantage against the United States through espionage and mass surveillance, it is imperative that we protect hostile forces from potentially Don’t allow form to control what can happen, said US Rep. Raja Krishnamurthy (D-Ill.).
The effort to ban TikTok in the US hasn’t passed yet, but a ban on government phones and the popular platform in Congress is a step toward that goal.
Now that the omnibus budget bill has been approved by the US House and the US Senate, it is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden before the end of the year. According to the White House statement.
