Seven states in the United States successively announced that government equipment was banned from TikTok, which was disputed by foreign netizens

Source: Globe.
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crackdown on TikTok continues.
According to the local television stations "WSFA" and "Capitol Hill" in Montgomery, Alabama, subordinate to NBC, the governors of Alabama and Utah announced on Monday (December 12) that TikTok was disabled on state government equipment or networks on the ground of "national data security".
With regard to the "ban" action taken by the US government in the face of TikTok, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has repeatedly responded, and China firmly opposes the US's usual practice of suppressing Chinese enterprises on the pretext of false information.
It is worth noting that the above-mentioned US media mentioned that Alabama and Utah are the latest two US states to announce relevant "bans" recently.
According to the comprehensive US media, since December, five states, including Tennessee, Oklahoma, Texas, Maryland and South Carolina, have announced that TikTok has been banned from state government equipment or networks· Tennessee According to a report by the local television station "WKRN" in Nashville, Tennessee, affiliated to NBC on the 10th local time, in a statement to the media, the governor's office of the state said that it had taken measures to prohibit the use of TikTok on all devices connected to the state government network· Oklahoma According to KCRA, a local television station in Sacramento, Texas, affiliated to NBC, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt issued an executive order on the 8th local time to prohibit state government agencies, relevant employees and contractors from using TikTok on government networks or government issued equipment.
A press release from Stitt's office claimed that the executive order was to deal with the so-called "continuing threat posed by TikTok to the national and cyber security of the United States"· Texas According to American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Texas Governor Abbott issued a "ban" on government agencies in the state on the 7th local time to prohibit the use of social media software TikTok on government issued devices, because he was "worried" about how this application owned by a Chinese company handles data about American infrastructure and other sensitive data information· Maryland, according to U.S.
media reports such as the U.S.
Capitol Hill, Maryland Governor Hogan issued a "cyber security emergency order" at a news conference on the 6th local time to prohibit employees of the state government from using TikTok on government departments' platforms, citing "security concerns about ByteDance".
In addition, some other Chinese and Russian products and platforms are also banned· According to the news on December 5 on the website of the Governor's Office of South Carolina, Governor McMaster of South Carolina took action on the same day and announced that all government electronic devices managed by the administrative department of the state were prohibited from accessing TikTok.
Some netizens on social media do not agree with the fact that the US has successively issued "bans" on TikTok at the state government level.
On the 10th of this month, Texas Governor Abbott released a new article on Twitter