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Gov. Greg Gianforte urged the Board of Regents to ban the social media app TikTok within the Montana University System citing security risks in a on Tuesday.

This follows Gianforte鈥檚 to Chief Information Officer Kevin Gilbertson last month that the app would be from state devices, for state business, and while connected to the state network.

鈥淭he ability of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to spy on Americans using TikTok is well documented. Using or even downloading TikTok poses a massive security threat,鈥� Gianforte wrote in the letter Tuesday. 鈥淕iven the risk use of TikTok poses to our public universities and our students, I request the Board of Regents support efforts by the Commissioner of Higher Education to prevent the use of TikTok by the Montana University System (MUS) and its campuses and while connected to the MUS network.鈥�

In the letter, the governor cited recent testimony from Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher Wray who warned the app is controlled by 鈥渁 government that doesn鈥檛 share our values, and that has a mission that鈥檚 very much at odds with what鈥檚 in the best interests of the United States.鈥�

A spokesperson for the Montana University System did not respond to a request for comment.

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