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NYC Bans TikTok on Government Devices, Commands Employees To Remove App

Randy Mancini 4 Aug 18
This illustration picture taken on May 27, 2020 in Paris shows the logo of the social network application Tik Tok on the screen of a phone. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP) (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)
This illustration picture taken on May 27, 2020 in Paris shows the logo of the social network application Tik Tok on the screen of a phone. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty Images)

OAN’s Elizabeth Volberding
6:25 PM – Friday, August 18, 2023

New York City has been the most recent government entity to join the banning of TikTok, on alldevices owned by the city. The Chinese owned company was prohibited from all government

devices due to a security threat to the city’s technical networks.