US House banning staffers from downloading TikTok on its devices

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The U.S. House is banning staffers from downloading TikTok on its devices.

CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 20: The TikTok logo is displayed outside a TikTok office on December 20, 2022 in Culver City, California. Congress is pushing legislation to ban the popular Chinese-owned social media app from most government device …

In an email, the House Chief Administration officer announced the policy change effective immediately.

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The ban impacts all house-managed devices citing "a number of security risks" with the popular video-sharing app owned by Chinese company, Byte-Dance.