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]]>On February 28, the White House issued a memorandum giving federal employees 30 days to remove the TikTok application from any government devices. This memo is the result of an act passed by Congress that requires the removal of TikTok from any federal information technology. The act responded to concerns that the Chinese government may use data from TikTok for intelligence gathering on Americans.
The White House Memo clearly covers all employees of federal agencies. However, it also covers any information technology used by a contractor who is using federal information technology. As such, if you are a federal contractor using some sort of computer software or technology that is required by the U.S. government, you must remove TikTok in the next 30 days.
The limited exceptions to the removal mandate require federal government approval. The memo mentions national security interests and activities, law enforcement work, and security research as possible exceptions. However, there is a process to apply for an exception – it is not automatic.
Even if you are not a federal employee or a government contractor, this memo would be a good starting place to look back at your company’s social media policies and cell phone use procedures. Do you want TikTok (or any other social media app) on your devices? Many companies have found themselves in PR trouble due to lapses in enforcement of these types of rules. In addition, excessive use of social media in the workplace has been shown to be a drag on productivity.
Article By J. William Manuel and Anne R. Yuengert of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
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]]>Governors of numerous states have issued Executive Orders in the past several weeks banning TikTok from government-issued devices and many have already implemented a ban, with others considering similar measures. There is also bi-partisan support of a ban in the Senate, which unanimously approved a bill last week that would ban the app from devices issued by federal agencies. There is already a ban prohibiting military personnel from downloading the app on government-issued devices.
The bans are in response to the national security concerns that TikTok poses to U.S. citizens [View related posts].
To date, 19 states have issued some sort of ban on the use of TikTok on government-issued devices, including some Executive Orders banning the use of TikTok statewide on all government-issued devices. Other state officials have implemented a ban within an individual state department, such as the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office. In 2020, Nebraska was the first state to issue a ban. Other states that have banned TikTok use in some way are: South Dakota, North Dakota, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas, New Hampshire, Utah, Louisiana, West Virginia, Georgia, Oklahoma, Idaho, Iowa, Tennessee, Alabama, Virginia, and Montana.
Indiana’s Attorney General filed suit against TikTok alleging that the app collects and uses individuals’ sensitive and personal information, but deceives consumers into believing that the information is secure. We anticipate that both the federal government and additional state governments will continue to assess the risk and issue bans on its use in the next few weeks.
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]]>Pursuant to Executive Orders 13942 and 13943, the US Department of Commerce (Commerce) published regulations identifying prohibited transactions related to TikTok and WeChat by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. Certain prohibitions take effect on September 20, 2020 and others take effect on November 12, 2020.
As of midnight on Sunday, September 20, both apps will cease to be available for download in the US, and future patches and updates will not be available. The existing WeChat functionality in the US will start to degrade starting Monday, September 21. The TikTok application will begin to degrade on November 12 (unless a deal is reached with ByteDance to divest the US TikTok business before then).
Although WeChat Pay is not currently available in the US, however, the current Commerce rule signals that no payments may be initiated in the US over WeChat today or in the future.
The exchange between or among TikTok and WeChat mobile application users of personal or business information using the TikTok or WeChat mobile applications, to include the transferring and receiving of funds over the WeChat application is not prohibited.
Specifically, Commerce announced the following:
As of September 20, 2020, the following transactions are prohibited:
As of September 20, 2020, for WeChat, and as of November 12, 2020, for TikTok, the following transactions are prohibited:
Any other prohibitive transaction relating to WeChat or TikTok may be identified at a future date. Should the US government determine that WeChat’s or TikTok’s illicit behavior is being replicated by another app somehow outside the scope of these executive orders, the President has the authority to consider whether additional orders may be appropriate to address such activities. The President has provided until November 12 for the national security concerns posed by TikTok to be resolved. If they are, the prohibitions in this order may be lifted as to TikTok.
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