The Indiana Office of Technology "blocked TikTok from being used in our state system and on our state devices" as of Dec. 7, office spokesman Graig Lubsen told The Journal Gazette.
The Office of Technology "is constantly testing the state system and making sure that the integrity is intact, Lubsen said in an email to the newspaper.
The blockage came on the same day that Indiana's attorney general sued TikTok, claiming the video-sharing platform misleads its users, particularly children, about the level of inappropriate content and security of consumer information.
Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita claimed in a complaint that while the social video app says it is safe for users 13 years and older, the app contains "salacious and inappropriate content" available to young users "for unlimited periods of time, day and night, in an effort to line TikTok's pockets with billions of dollars from U.S. consumers.
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