Well, that makes sense. There’s no need for government employees to be leaking government data to a foreign government; and there is no way to use TikTok on a device without exposing all the things.

It would be better still if governments demanded open-source devices that can be meaningfully audited and verified to uphold good privacy standards, because there’s no need for government employees to be leaking government data to domestic ads companies either.

Good. Do Twitter, Instagram and Facebook next. NYC should be running it’s own platforms for information dissemination and citizen engagement.

This is like saying teachers are banned from using trojan brand condoms at work.

1. This is just one of many apps that could be a problem, banning one solves nothing
2. The entire category of social media apps has no place on a work device (except if you are in marketing)
3. If it’s not a work related app, it shouldn’t be on the work device full stop. Idgaf if it’s fucking Google sheets, if you’re not using it for work purposes it doesn’t belong there

This new law is like 3 levels of abstraction away from actually addressing any problem, and likely wasn’t a problem in the first place for any competent organization.