The app TikTok has been banned on all state-owned devices in Kansas.

Governor Laura Kelly becomes the first Democratic Governor to directly take this step. The governor issued an executive order banning the social media platform on all executive branch agencies, boards, and commissions and their employees, and prohibits access on the state network. This order is in response to the national security and privacy risks posed by TikTok, whose parent company is a Chinese-owned company subject to Chinese government requests for data, technology and other intellectual property.

Governor Kelly says she is taking common-sense steps to protect Kansans’ privacy and security. She says TikTok mines users’ data and potentially makes it available to the Chinese Communist Party, which is a threat recognized by a growing group of bipartisan leaders across the United States. Kansas joins 19 other states that have banned the app in some way including Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.