It's enough common to see social media apps come and go as fashions, but veritably infrequently does a service have the staying power of TikTok. After originally exploding in the wake of itsMusical.ly accession, TikTok combined Vine and YouTube to come one of the most popular apps to ever hit smartphones. As a Chinese- possessed app, it's also been a lightning rod for contestation — and not just during the Trump administration. Now, in the fate of a espionage reproach, the US government is taking a step forward in abridging the app.
As reported by CNN, Congress has effectively banned TikTok from being installed on any government- possessed device. First, the US House of Representatives banned TikTok from installation on widgets it manages before this week, citing a" high threat to druggies" over implicit security pitfalls. It's a move best considered a preamble for what is coming next for ByteDance.
history, President Biden inked a$1.7 billion omnibus spending bill into law, which also included ananti-TikTok reservation. As Engadget notes, the omnibus will force the Biden administration to set rules regarding the app's junking from utmost government bias bymid-February. Despite exceptions for tagged officers and congressional staff members, the House's ban eliminates this sculpt- out. House members who install TikTok on managed bias will be asked to remove the software.
These moves come just days after ByteDance fired four workers for the unauthorized shadowing of two Forbes journalists. Pressure has continued to make for the US government to take action against TikTok and its parent company, though to date, only these Congress- concentrated moves have made it into law. While legislation has been proposed that would ban TikTok entirely from bias in the US, it's unclear whether it stands a chance in ever passing the House and Senate.