Additional apps prohibited on district devices
On Jan. 31, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott issued a ban prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence and social media apps affiliated with the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party on government-issued devices. The list below has been updated.
The 88th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1893 prohibiting the use of certain social media applications and services on governmental entity devices. Government Code Chapter 620 requires governmental entities to ban the software products listed below on district-owned devices and networks effective Nov. 20, 2024. This extends the network block the district instituted on Jan. 27, 2023, on the social media service TikTok (Covered Applications).
Prohibited Software/Applications/Developers
New (as of Jan 31, 2025)
- RedNote
- DeepSeek
- Webull
- Tiger Brokers
- Moomoo
- Lemon8
Existing List
- Alipay
- ByteDance Ltd.
- CamScanner
- Kaspersky
- QQ Wallet
- SHAREit
- Tencent Holdings Ltd.
- TikTok
- VMate
- WeChat Pay
- WPS Office
- Any subsidiary or affiliate of an entity listed above.
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