Maryland, the United States, announced that the state government has disabled Douyin a

Maryland, the United States, announced that it is forbidden to use Tiktok, WeChat, and other products and platforms based on China and Russia on platforms of the state government administrative department, because these entities have an unacceptable cyber security threat to the state.

According to VOA, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced a emergency network security instruction on Tuesday (December 6) to prohibit the use of these products and platforms.He said that these entities may involve online spies, monitor government entities, and collect sensitive personal information.

Tiktok is the international version of Douyin, a short video sharing platform, and the parent company is China's byte beating.WeChat is the international version of WeChat on social media platforms, and the parent company is China Tencent.

Governor Huo Gan's office issued a statement on the official website quoted the governor who was about to step down and said: "As the capital of the United States, Maryland has taken bold and decisive actions to do a good job in network security threats.Prepare and solve it. To further protect our system, we issue this emergency instruction for trying to weaken and differentiate our foreign behavior and organization. "

This instruction is suitable for: Tiktok, Huawei, ZTECompany, Tencent Holdings, including but not limited to Alibaba products such as Tencent QQ, QQ wallet, Alipay and Wechat, as well as Russian network security company Kaspersky.

According to the instructions, the state's official agencies must remove any such products from the state network, implement measures to prevent the installation of such products, and implement network -based restrictions to prevent the use or login from being prohibited from being prohibited from being prohibited from being prohibited from being prohibited from being prohibited from being prohibited from being used in or logging in.Services.

One day before the governor of Maryland announced the ban, Henry McMaster, Republican governor of South Carolina requested Tiktok on the state government equipment.