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China Grove, North Carolina Bans TikTok

Author Rob Tanner

China Grove became the latest governing entity to ban the social media app Tik Tok from all town devices. TikTok is a video-sharing mobile application with more than 94 million users in the U.S. However, it is owned by a Chinese company, ByteDance Ltd. It has connections with the Chinese Communist Party.

Mayor Charles Seaford said, “If anyone has been watching the news, you would know that TikTok allows large amounts of data to be harvested from devices.” According to the Salisbury Post, a memorandum to the mayor and town council members highlighted the possible problems that could take place if those programs remain on China Grove devices. In addition to collecting sensitive citizen, financial and business data, the memo outlined conducting cyber-espionage, compromising business emails and manufacturing disinformation and misinformation campaigns.

The city says it is not a total ban on TikTok for citizens in China Grove. It’s just banning it through town networks. China Grove Councilman Don Bringle added, “If you go to a town park and our citizens use city Wi-Fi, TikTok will be blocked on the phone. They can go on their phone and switch over to their service. We are not totally stopping it. We are just not allowing it through government Wi-Fi. It’s not a total ban. We’re just keeping it off our network.” The motion takes effect immediately.

North Carolina City One of the Friendliest, Most Welcoming in America

Hello! How are you? Pretty smile! Just a few ways to show your appreciation or friendliest to someone, right? Everyone knows about “southern hospitality” of course. Well, did you know some cities are considered to be the most friendly in the country? Yeah, there are actual rankings of the friendliest cities in the U.S.

Study Finds conducted a recent study to determine the friendliest cities in the United States. These cities are the most welcoming that you may want to consider moving to if you’re looking for some good hospitality. Study Finds used the most common recommendations from 10 expert websites to create their list. Check out which North Carolina city is one of the friendliest and most welcoming in America and where it falls on the top 5 list below.

 

Country 103.7’s funniest guy in town is none other than Rob Tanner with Tanner in the Morning! Rob Tanner has been the host of WSOC-FM's Tanner in the Morning Show in Charlotte, NC for 20 years. The show was named the 2018 ACM Major Market Personalities of the Year. He is well-versed in all topics in country music. Tanner also is a sports junkie who writes about any Carolina sports team, and he and his wife Missy spend most of their down exploring theme parks. He writes Disney insider content.

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