AUSTIN, Texas (KAUZ) – Amid a debate over TikTok that has reached to the highest levels of the US government, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has extended restrictions for Texas state-owned devices to include several other Chinese-based apps.
The apps which the governor has banned from being downloaded or used on state devices include:
- RedNote
- DeepSeek
- Webull
- Tiger Brokers
- Moomoo
- Lemon8
“Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through data-harvesting AI and social media apps,” Governor Abbott said. “To achieve that mission, I ordered Texas state agencies to ban Chinese government-based AI and social media apps from all state-issued devices. State agencies and employees responsible for handling critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and personal information must be protected from malicious espionage operations by the Chinese Communist Party. Texas will continue to protect and defend our state from hostile foreign actors.”
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