A bill to ban the use of China-based social media app TikTok and some other social media apps on state-issued or owned devices unanimously passed the California Senate on May 30.
Senate Bill 74, authored by Sen. Bill Dodd (D-Napa), would prohibit social media applications to be downloaded or installed on such devices if the company behind the app is either owned or controlled by a “country of concern.”
“Clearly, there are bad actors out there, and we can’t afford to let them in,” Dodd said in a statement following the vote. “Prohibiting these apps on state phones and other devices is a commonsense way to prevent exposure of our sensitive material through tracking and possible data breaches.”…