Maryland and South Carolina became the latest states to ban TikTok for state government agencies and employees that use work-issued devices, following South Dakota’s ban last month.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed an emergency cybersecurity directive to bar the use of various products from companies believed to be under the influence of the Chinese and Russian governments. Those firms include TikTok, Kaspersky, Tencent (which operates WeChat), Alibaba and telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE.
