Arizona AG Bans TikTok on Office-Owned Devices

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) banned TikTok Wednesday on all devices owned by her office due to security risks. “We cannot risk the potential exposure of our data to foreign entities,” she said. “Banning TikTok on state-owned devices is a necessary measure to protect our operations, and I urge other state agencies to take the same proactive steps to safeguard their data.” She noted TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew couldn’t “definitively state that the Chinese government cannot access data collected from U.S. users” when testifying before Congress (see 2303290048).