Reluctantly, the Burnet County Commissioners recently agreed to put aside funds to comply with state law related to the prevention of “ongoing and emerging technology” social media and other computer online threats. It may cost the county thousands of dollars to comply with Texas Senate Bill 1893, which calls for ensuring the prohibition or restriction of “certain social media and applications and service owned or leased by governmental entities.”
The bill enacted during the 88th legislature is commonly referred to as the “Tik Tok Ban” County Information Technology Director Jackie Haynes told the commissioners during the Nov. 12 meeting.
The nickname comes from actions aimed to bar or inhibit the controversial TikTok computer application, because of its possible connection to the People’s Republic of China (an adversary of the United States) and national security concerns.
