Wisconsin governor signs order banning TikTok from state devices By Reuters


© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) – Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers on Thursday signed an order banning use of the popular video app TikTok on government-owned and managed devices.

In addition to banning Chinese-owned TikTok from state devices, the Democratic governor said he is was banning vendors, products and services from nine companies, including Huawei Technologies, Hikvision, Tencent Holdings (OTC:), ZTE (HK:) Corporation and Kaspersky Lab.

More than 20 other states have also banned TikTok from state devices.

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