Alexander De Croo, the prime minister of Belgium, on Friday forbade government employees from using TikTok on their work phones, making his nation the most recent to take action against the Chinese app.
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TikTok access for government employees has already been prohibited by a number of national governments in Europe out of concern that Beijing’s government could exploit the platform to gain access to private user information.
The governing bodies of the European Union recently instructed personnel to remove the software from personal smartphones and laptops used for work.
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We shouldn’t be foolish, De Croo warned: “TikTok is a Chinese company that is currently required to work with the Chinese intelligence services.”
The reality is that.
The Belgian action, which will be in effect for a trial period of six months, is the result of a risk assessment of potential espionage by the nation’s cybersecurity and intelligence services.
The use of the video-sharing software on the personal phones of government employees, ministers, or MPs is not covered.
The app, which is owned by a Chinese business by the name of ByteDance, has come under increasing pressure from Western nations, notably the European Union and the United States.
On Wednesday, TikTok announced a new campaign to allay European concerns about security. saying the company was; working with a third-party European security company to oversee and check how it handles data.
TikTok says its European user data will be; stored at two centres in Dublin and one in Norway from 2023 onwards.
AFP
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