A popular Chinese video app TikTok was Prohibited on all devices operated by the United States House of RepresentativesAccording to its administrative side, in accordance with a law that will soon go into effect and which prohibits use on government devices.

The application will be considered “High risk due to many security issues“, the House’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) said in a message sent to all MPs and staff on Tuesday, and it must be removed from all devices operated by the House.

The new rule is the latest move by the US government to ban TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd.

until last week 19 states Blocked, at least partially, the app on state-run devices Afraid that the Chinese government could use it to track Americans and censor content.

The $1.66 trillion funding bill approved last week to fund the United States government through September 30, 2023 includes the provision. Ban the app on federally managed devices, And it will go into effect after President Joe Biden signs it into law.

“With the passage of omnibus legislation that banned TikTok from executive branch devices, the CAO worked with the House Administration Committee to implement a similar policy,” a CAO spokesperson told Reuters on Tuesday.

This was stated in the message sent to the employees Anyone who has TikTok on their device will be contacted to remove it and that future downloads of the app will be prohibited.

TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the new rule.

US lawmakers have proposed a nationwide ban on the app.

The social network tried to convince the US authorities that the data in this country is protected and stored on servers located on its territory.

But after several press releases, he also acknowledged that employees in China had access to US customer data, theoretically under strict and very limited conditions.

(Reuters/Moira Warburton)

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