What to know about the DeSoto County TikTok ban
DeSoto County has banned the popular social media app TikTok on devices used by county employees to do their work. The Board of Supervisors voted u...
DeSoto County has banned the popular social media app TikTok on devices used by county employees to do their work. The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last Monday to ban TikTok from county-owned phones and other mobile devices used in its workforce. Here's what to know about TikTok and the DeSoto County ban. Why is there a push to ban TikTok? TikTok is owned by a private company, ByteDance, but it has close ties to the Chinese government. There have been governmental bipartisan questions about whether users' data is safe.