"New Jersey, Ohio Join Other States in Banning TikTok From State Devices"

New Jersey and Ohio on Monday announced that they were joining other states in banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-owned and managed devices.  New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy stated that in addition to banning the short-video app owned by Chinese technology conglomerate ByteDance from state devices, he also was banning software vendors, products, and services from more than a dozen vendors, including Huawei, Hikvision, Tencent Holdings, ZTE Corporation, and Kaspersky Lab.  Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers announced last Friday that he is also planning to join other states in banning use of the popular video app that has more than 100 million U.S. users.  Calls to ban TikTok from government devices gained steam after U.S. FBI Director Christopher Wray said in November that it poses national security risks.  Wray flagged the threat that the Chinese government could harness the app to influence users or control their devices.

Reuters reports: "New Jersey, Ohio Join Other States in Banning TikTok From State Devices"