A TikTok ban in Texas remains limited to government-issued devices.
The action prohibits the social media app, and others like it, from being downloaded onto any state computer or smartphone. HB 3289, and a Senate companion, would make that order permanent.
To get around the limited ban by Texas, and similar orders in other states, there are reports that TikTok could sell all, or parts, of the platform to an American company.The app is owned by a Chinese company, and Gov. Greg Abbott says the threat of the Communist Party continues to grow. "It's not what the app does. It's where the personal data goes. This is a national security issue. It's a violation of the Montana privacy clause in our Constitution, and we're pleased that we're the first state in the country to outright ban the application," said Montana’s Governor Greg Gianforte.
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