Austria It will join the long list of countries that ban its use. TikTok among public employees. This decision is another blow to the popular video app owned by Chinese company ByteDance, which is already partially banned in the United States, France, Australia or the United Kingdom.
“Work will be banned on mobile phones. This will of course be possible on private phones outside the state network,” Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner said on Wednesday.
The reason Austria used to enforce this veto among the authorities is the same reason used by its allies: safety. Therefore, Vienna claimed to have followed the recommendations of an inter-ministerial working group to better protect telecommunications.
Don’t be afraid of Chinese espionage
More and more countries are choosing the path of restriction, as they fear that the link connecting TikTok with China could expose the privacy of the “app” users’ data. Governments and regulatory bodies around the world, Beijing can use its alleged access to the platform to work as a Trojan horse and spy on your opponents.
In mid-February, the two main bodies of the European Union (EU), the European Commission and the Council of Europe, chose the same path. About 125 million citizens of the community club access TikTok each month, this number rises to 150 million in the US.
In mid-March, Shou Zi Chew, the platform’s executive director, appeared before the US Congress. stop the wave of restraint that threatens to hit his meteor business. However, his words failed to calm the atmosphere.