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Wisconsin on Thursday became the latest state to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company.

“It’s important for us to protect state information technology from foreign countries that have actively participated in cyberattacks against the United States,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said. “Protecting North Carolina from cyber threats is vital to ensuring the safety, security, privacy, and success of our state and its people.”

The TikTok mandate applies only to executive branch agencies and does not impact the judicial or legislative branches or the UW System.

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press

Wisconsin and North Carolina have become the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company.

Govs. Tony Evers of Wisconsin and Roy Cooper of North Carolina, both Democrats, are among the most recent in the nation to have signed off on TikTok bans for government devices.

Wisconsin and North Carolina have become the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company

The TikTok mandate applies only to executive branch agencies and does not impact the judicial or legislative branches or the UW System.

Wisconsin and North Carolina on Thursday became the latest states to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices, a move that comes after nearly half of the states nationwide have blocked the popular social media app owned by a Chinese company.

Wisconsin has become the latest state to ban the use of TikTok on state phones and other devices