Growing fears of “the growing national security threat” posed by Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok have finally prompted action. On Tuesday the 29th of November, South Dakota’s governor signed an executive order banning the use of the app on the devices of all state agencies, employees and contractors.
“South Dakota will have no part in the intelligence gathering operations of nations who hate us,” Gov. Kristi Noem said in a press release. “The Chinese Communist Party uses information that it gathers on TikTok to manipulate the American people, and they gather data off the devices that access the platform.”
The prohibition shows just how serious a threat some government bodies believe TikTok to be towards Cyber Security; however, the question remains as to how this will affect America's relationship with China.
