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TikTok is banned from all Mississippi-issued devices and the state's network.
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Gov. Tate Reeves announced on wednesday in an open letter addressed to the department and agency head.
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The Republican stated that he issued the directive to secure confidential information on the social media platform.
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The app's owners have been a source of concern that Beijing could leverage it to collect information from users or to promote pro-China narratives or false misinformation.
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Reeves cited concerns over “extensive tracking of user data and the potential access and transfer of this data to the Chinese government.”
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“It’s no secret that the Chinese Communist Party is actively trying to steal U.S. intellectual property and Americans’ personal information,” Reeves said in a news release.
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“Mississippi isn’t going to sit around waiting for the Chinese Communist Party to steal our state government data.”
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TikTok has declared that it puts a high priority on the privacy and security of its users and is working on addressing security issues brought up in the U.S.