Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Technology Policy topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Comal County adopts policy limiting covered applications on government devices, cites state guidance on TikTok
Summary
County staff presented a model policy based on state guidance (DIR/DPS) implementing restrictions on covered applications — explicitly naming TikTok and apps published by ByteDance — and the court adopted the policy at its Nov. 14 meeting.
County staff presented the new "Covered Applications and Prohibited Technology" policy, explaining it follows a state model and is tied to recent action by the 88th Texas Legislature. Staff said the policy targets certain social-media applications for data-privacy and information-security reasons and identified TikTok and apps published by ByteDance as examples cited in the state guidance: "A key part of this bill is a requirement for... DIR and DPS to publish and update a list of prohibited apps and technologies and to create a model or template policy... One specific app called out in the legislation is TikTok."
Staff said the county had already blocked TikTok on county devices earlier, and the policy being adopted reflects the state's model template; the court approved the adoption by motion. Staff presented the action as a compliance step implementing state requirements for local governments.
