AUGUSTA (WGME) -- The state of Maine has banned the use of TikTok on Executive Branch state-owned devices.

Maine joins an ever-growing list of states that have banned the app, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, from government devices.

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The federal government has also banned the use of TikTok on all federal government devices.

Maine Information Technology says the service could pose a serious threat to the state's network infrastructure.

As a result, Maine IT sent a directive, obtained by the CBS13 I-Team, that all Executive Branch state employees should remove TikTok from state-owned or "bring your own" devices that connect to the state network.

The TikTok accounts and applications must be removed by February 1.

The Departments of Maine's Executive Branch include:

• Administrative and Financial Services
• Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry
• Corrections
• Defense, Veterans and Emergency Management
• Economic and Community Development
• Education
• Environmental Protection
• Health & Human Services
• Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
• Labor
• Marine Resources
• Professional and Financial Regulation
• Public Safety
• Transportation
• Boards and Commissions

This does not apply to personal devices that are not on the state network.