Recently in many states in the United States to China's short videos in China in ChinaThe international version of the platform Douyin's TIKTOK issued ban, and Louisiana and West Virginia have also become the latest members of this ranks.
According to Reuters, Louisiana and West Virginia Monday (December 19) announced the prohibition of using this Chinese short video platform on equipment owned by the state government.
Kyle Ardoin, the governor of Louisiana, said the reason for the issuance of the ban is the potential security risks brought by Tiktok, but there is no problem in this application.
In the past two weeks, many states have issued a ban on Tiktok and tried to exclude Tiktok outside the electronic equipment owned by the state government.As of Tuesday (December 20), a total of 19 states have taken action against TIKTOK.American politics generally believes that the CCP government is using Tiktok to intercept the sensitive information of American users and promote false information through software to affect the values of young people and endanger US national security.
Tiktok said in a statement on Monday that the company "" Polical Bandwagon, which is climbing to this Polictical Bandwagon, refers to being disappointed with others).Developing relevant policies is not helpful to the national security that promotes the United States. "
Christopher Wray, director of the FBI, said that he expressed his existence on Tiktok during the testimony of Congress on November 15th on November 15th.National security concerns.He said that according to Chinese law, "Chinese companies are basically asked to do what the Chinese government wants to do, or share information, or serve as a tool for the Chinese government."
The bill is prohibited from using Tiktok on electronic devices owned by the federal government, and the ban has risen from the state government level to the federal level.The proposal was also supported by the Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi and the Republican Republican leader McCarthy.
People familiar with the matter revealed that the US Congress will also incorporate the ban on federal government employees in a key expenditure bill on government equipment.The expenditure bill is a large -scale comprehensive measure to provide funds for the US government's operations, which is expected to be voted this week.
In 2020, then US President Trump tried to hinder new users to download Tiktok and ban other transactions. This move will actually be blocked in the United States, but dueend.
The US Foreign Investment Centers (CFIUS) has been seeking a national security agreement for many months to protect the personal capital of Tiktok users in the United States, but it seems that it cannot reach any agreement before the end of the year.
