A popular app for entertainment and news is now banned on government devices in Maryland, Nebraska, South Carolina, South Dakota and Texas.

Public employees in those five states can't have TikTok on their work phones, computers or tablets. The reason is for security concerns, given TikTok's owner – ByteDance – is a Chinese company. The FBI is also sounding the alarm about the social media platform.

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