EU agencies have banned their employees from installing the Chinese TikTok app on their work phones for cybersecurity reasons. It has been reported TASS Regarding the European Commission press service.
“The European Commission has decided that the TikTok application cannot be installed on official electronic devices for security reasons,” the message said.
It is noted that the restriction does not apply to personal devices. According to the press service of the European Commission, the measure was taken due to the fact that the code of the Chinese social network can be used by Chinese intelligence agencies to access closed information networks.
Former Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning US fear shocked Before TikTok. At the briefing, he urged Washington not to generalize the concept of national security. Mao Ning noted that the United States is a leading world power, but at the same time fears “a widespread practice of appealing to the youth.”
Prior to this, US Democratic Senator Michael Bennett had said that TikTok should be removed from the App Store and Google Play for national security reasons. The Democrat believes that the Chinese Communist Party can use TikTok as a weapon against the US, collect sensitive user data and manipulate content to further China’s interests.