Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 1 - EXECUTIVE ORDERS › Section 1:2022-33

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2022-33
Whereas, maintaining the cybersecurity of Oklahoma State
			 government is necessary to continue to serve and protect Oklahoma citizens;
			 and,
Whereas, the social media platform TikTok has more than one (1)
			 billion global users, with over 135 million users in the United States and is
			 owned by Chinese company ByteDance; and,
Whereas, ByteDance may gain control of crucial user information
			 stored on mobile devices through TikTok's broad data collection policies,
			 including internet browsing data, keystrokes, and location information, and FBI
			 Director Christopher Wray warned these practices may be used to influence
			 Americans or control or compromise software on millions of devices; and,
Whereas, the Chinese Communist Party ("CCP") may attain this
			 personal information because ByteDance is headquartered in China and Chinese
			 national security laws compel companies operating in China to share their data
			 with the government upon request; and,
Whereas, ByteDance previously refused to cease this data flow to
			 the Chinese government despite the United States Committee on Foreign
			 Investment's request to do so and the CCP may use Americans' user information
			 for sensitive intelligence gathering, intellectual property theft, and other
			 illicit purposes; and,
Whereas, several government entities, including the United States
			 Military and the Transportation Security Administration, and other States, have
			 banned downloading or using the TikTok application or visiting the TikTok
			 website on government-issued devices; Federal Communications Commission
			 officials and a bipartisan coalition of United States Senators support a
			 complete ban on TikTok due to its unique national security risks; and,
Whereas, permitting the downloading or use of the TikTok
			 application or visiting the TikTok website on government issued cellphones,
			 computers, or any other device capable of internet connectivity would be
			 contrary to the interests of the State of Oklahoma and its citizens;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, J. Kevin Stitt, Governor of the State of
			 Oklahoma, pursuant to the authority vested in me by Sections 1 and 2 of Article
			 VI of the Oklahoma Constitution, and to the full extent of the law, do hereby
			 order and direct that no executive branch employee or agency of the State of
			 Oklahoma shall download or use the TikTok application or visit the TikTok
			 website on government networks or government-issued devices, including
			 State-issued cellphones, computers, or any other device capable of internet
			 connectivity, and that TikTok shall be blacklisted from State networks and
			 State-managed devices.
Moreover, to the fullest extent of the law, no person or entity
			 who contracts with the State of Oklahoma, including but not limited to any
			 State agency, board, commission, or authority and agents thereof, shall
			 download or use the TikTok application or visit the TikTok website on
			 government networks or other State-owned or State-leased equipment.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the
			 Great Seal of the State of Oklahoma to be affixed at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
			 this 8th day of December, 2022.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
J. Kevin Stitt
ATTEST:
Brian Bingman
Secretary of State