This decision resulted in the suspension of some popular accounts maintained on the platform by the city.
A spokesman for New York City Mayor John Allon said the city’s Cyber Command concluded that the practice “posed a security risk to the city’s technical networks.”
City agencies will have to remove the app within 30 days, and employees will no longer be able to access TikTok and the website from city devices and networks.
Many government agencies are restricting access to TikTok over concerns that the app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, could allow Beijing to access users’ sensitive data.
New York State has banned TikTok on government mobile devices for more than three years, with some exceptions.
Source: Ferra
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