North Carolina and Wisconsin are barring state employees and contractors from using TikTok on government-issued devices.
"It’s important for us to protect state information technology from foreign countries that have actively participated in cyberattacks against the United States,", adding that Chinese social media platform WeChat is also being banned from state devices.
"Defending our state's technology and cybersecurity infrastructure and protecting digital privacy will continue to be a top priority," Wisconsin Democratic
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