TikTok prohibited in US’ Maryland due to ‘national security threat’. Details here

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued an emergency directive urging government employees to delete their devices’ highly favourite video app ‘TikTok’, which originated in China. Hogan added that the cyber vulnerabilities that support their everyday lives might pose the greatest threat to their personal safety and our national security. He stated that they were releasing this emergency directive against foreign actors and groups that want to damage and split their systems to defend them better.