New Zealand will ban TikTok on devices that access the parliamentary network, a government official announced on Friday. According to him, the ban will be imposed for all lawmakers on March 31 due to cybersecurity concerns about Chinese video apps.
The UK government has decided on Thursday an outright ban on TikTok on business phones and other devices used by government employees. Previously, the United States, Canada, Belgium and the European Union had taken similar steps. There is currently no ban in the Netherlands.
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TikTok is one of the most popular social media platforms today, but there are worldwide concerns about user privacy. To use TikTok, users must give the app permission to collect and store certain data. It is feared that China has access to this data.
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TikTok has previously said it was disappointed that the UK was following other countries in imposing the ban. These moves are “based on fundamental misunderstandings and are driven by broader geopolitics that TikTok and our millions of UK users do not share,” a spokesperson said.
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