Texas governor Greg Abbott imposed a ban on several Chinese-owned apps, including the AI platform DeepSeek and the popular data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” target=”_blank” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/social-media”>social media app RedNote, specifically on government-issued devices.
Abbott expressed concerns about the potential access the ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/chinese-communist-party” target=”_blank”>Chinese Communist Party could have to sensitive data of US citizens.
He said, “‘Texas will not allow the Chinese Communist Party to infiltrate our state’s critical infrastructure through…

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