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ICYMI State agencies in Louisiana and West Virginia on Monday became the latest to ban the use of the popular social media service TikTok on government-managed devices…

Some 19 of the 50 US states have now at least partially blocked access on government computers to TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd.Some members of Congress last week proposed a nationwide ban, which would follow countries such as India that have already prohibited its use.

About 65% of attempted connections to TikTok have been blocked this month on devices managed by Jamf’s public sector customers worldwide, including school districts and various other agencies, up from 10% of connections being blocked in June, the company said.

 

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no gvt or entity should ever have so much power as to be able to 'forbid' or 'ban' anything. They could come with a 'recommendation' and that's it. Forbid my foot.

Goebels would be proud. Nazi America

PresidencyZA do something like this

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