New York bans TikTok on government devices citing ‘security concerns’

New York City on Wednesday banned TikTok on government-owned devices citing ‘security concerns’ thus joining the list of more than two dozen states that have restricted access to the short video app, New York Times reported.

Notably, several government officials have been restricting access to TikTok in reaction to concerns that the app – owned by the Chinese company ByteDance – could give Beijing access to sensitive user data.

Jonah Allon, a spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams, said in a statement on Wednesday that the city’s Cyber Command is determined that the app “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.”