Lansing, MI – U.S. Representative Tim Walberg of Tipton led his Michigan Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Governor Gretchen Whitmer calling on the Governor to ban TikTok on Michigan government devices, citing security concerns posed by the Chinese Communist Party. The lawmakers also urged Governor Whitmer to delete the TikTok account associated with her office. The letter was co-authored by Reps. Jack Bergman, Bill Huizenga, Peter Meijer, John Moolenaar, Fred Upton, and Lisa McClain.
Federal agencies like the U.S. Department of State, Department of Defense, and Department of Homeland Security already prohibit the use TikTok on government devices, and language to implement a ban across the entire federal government was included in the most recent funding bill.