1/2 South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem banned TicTok from state-issued phones on Tuesday. File Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA-EFE Nov. 30 (UPI) -- South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has banned state employees and contractors from using social media platform TikTok on their electronic devises over fears the smartphone application could be used to collect U.S. user data for China. The ban, which goes into immediate effect, was imposed Tuesday via executive order that prohibits users of state-owned electric devices from using them to download the TikTok application and to visit the social media company's website. Advertisement "South Dakota will have no...