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Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Business
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Rhoden bans Chinese apps for state government
SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden announced two new additions to an existing Executive Order banning Chinese-related technology for use in state government. Rhoden announced the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT) banned the Chinese applications DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company, and RedNote, a Chinese social media app, pursuant to former Gov. Kristi Noem's Executive Order 2023-06. Myah Selland speaks out against anti-trans legislation Rhoden's press release said 'This action was taken for the security of South Dakotans' personal information against the threat of the Chinese Communist Party, which the State of South Dakota has designated as an 'Evil Foreign Government.' 'Banning RedNote and DeepSeek is a necessary step to protect our IT systems and keep South Dakota strong, safe, and free,' Rhoden said in the release. 'My administration will proactively identify, monitor, and respond to cybersecurity threats across the state.' Noem signed EO 2023-06 in May 2023, which gave the Commissioner of BIT the power to ban any other application, website, platform, service, or product whose use or access would be detrimental to state security. Similar to the bans on Bytedance and Tencent, this ban extends to both use on state devices and state employees' use on their personal devices while on state time. You can find a list of banned entities on the BIT website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Governor bans Chinese apps from use on state devices and by state employees at work
(Getty Images illustration) South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden has added an artificial intelligence chatbot and social media platform to the list of applications banned for use by state employees because the companies behind them are based in China. The bans cover DeepSeek, a ChatGPT competitor, and RedNote, an app similar to TikTok, which itself is an app barred from use by state employees on state-owned devices. 'My Administration will continue to defend South Dakota citizens from Evil Foreign Governments, including the Chinese Communist Party,' Rhoden said in a press release on the decision. Federal appeals court upholds rapidly approaching TikTok ban The bans came under Executive Order 2023-06, inked by former Gov. Kristi Noem in 2023 to ban a Chinese-owned app called WeChat. The order also empowered the commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunication to ban 'any other application, website, platform, service, or product whose use or access would be detrimental to state security.' Similar to the bans on Bytedance, TikTok's parent company, and Tencent, the ban blocks DeepSeek and RedNote from use on state devices, and blocks state employees from using them on their own devices during work. A complete list of banned apps is located on the Bureau's website. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
