Last Updated: February 24, 2023, 09:00 IST
TikTookay now faces safety issues within the EU
The European Commission has banned Chinese quick vide sharing app TikTookay from its staff’ company telephones for cybersecurity causes.
BRUSSELS:The European Commission has banned Chinese quick video-sharing app TikTookay from its staff’ company telephones for cybersecurity causes, EU trade chief Thierry Breton mentioned on Thursday, the primary EU establishment to take action.
Owned by Chinese agency ByteDance, Tiktok is beneath scrutiny from governments and regulators due to issues that China’s authorities might use its app to reap customers’ knowledge or advance its pursuits.
Breton, who introduced the transfer at a information convention in Brussels, declined say whether or not the Commission had been topic to any incidents involving TikTookay.
Responding to the announcement, Tiktok mentioned it was disillusioned and shocked that the Commission had not reached out earlier than instituting the ban.
In 2022 the U.S. Senate in December handed a invoice to bar federal staff from utilizing TikTookay on government-owned gadgets. TikTookay is banned in India.
The EU govt mentioned in an announcement that the choice would apply each to work and private telephones and gadgets.
“To increase its cybersecurity, the Commission’s Corporate Management Board has decided to suspend the use of the TikTok application on its corporate devices and on personal devices enrolled in the Commission mobile device service,” the Commission mentioned in an announcement.
“This measure aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats and actions which may be exploited for cyber-attacks against the corporate environment of the Commission,” it mentioned.
A spokesperson for TikTookay mentioned it had not been contacted instantly by the Commission, nor supplied any rationalization for its choice.
“We believe this suspension is misguided and based on fundamental misconceptions. We have contacted the Commission to set the record straight and explain how we protect the data of the 125 million people across the EU who come to TikTok every month,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The European Parliament mentioned it was conscious of the Commission’s motion and that it was in touch with it.
“Relevant services are also monitoring and assessing all possible data breaches related to the app and will consider the European Commission evaluation before formulating recommendations to European Parliament authorities,” a spokesperson mentioned.
The Commission mentioned safety developments at different social media platforms can even be stored beneath fixed assessment.
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