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Dive Transient:
- A Tennessee invoice in search of to ban the usage of TikTok on public school campuses handed the state legislature Thursday and can be despatched to the governor’s workplace to be signed into legislation.
- Whereas the legislation doesn’t record TikTok by identify, it will prohibit Chinese language-owned social media from being accessed via Wi-Fi on public campuses.
- Republican Gov. Invoice Lee is anticipated to signal the invoice. Tennessee handed separate laws in December to dam TikTok from state government-owned units.
Dive Perception:
The federal federal authorities and state governments have more and more sought to restrict the usage of TikTok. The corporate’s CEO, Shou Zi Chew, appeared before Congress on Thursday to defend his firm from allegations that the platform poses a nationwide safety danger.
At the very least 25 states have banned TikTok from government-owned devices. Whereas Tennessee is likely one of the first states to particularly ban the app on campuses, some public schools, like College of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State College, together with Auburn College, in Alabama, preemptively blocked TikTok after their states took motion towards the social media big.
