"TikTok is a Chinese company that currently is mandated to cooperate with Chinese intelligence services,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in a statement. The Belgian ban is based on a risk analysis by the country’s intelligence services and recommendations by the national cybersecurity center.
Banning every US based social network when?
Oh who am i kidding.
Feels like this comment chain shouldnt have turned into China vs US…
I dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businessesFeels like this comment chain shouldnt have turned into China vs US…
It wouldn’t if they weren’t so painfully hypocrite with this.
dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businesses
Yes. And what makes this thread even more weird is the fact that Tiktok is not even available in China. ByteDance offers a similar service, Douyin, that looks and works just like it, but the Western version is unavailable, and not just for government officials but the entire population.
Furthermore, a lot of other social media is blocked in China not just for officials but for the entire population, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and many others. Not that I think these apps are needed, I just don’t understand the critics for blocking Tiktok here.
China took the lead in that…
Look, US is just like a parent looking over their child here.
Shouldn’t government devices ban all social media? Surely that’s not vital to gov’t employees jobs…
China to allow every US based social network when?
Oh who am I kidding.
It blows my mind that TikTok is being banned, while if memory serves, not so long ago high EU officials accidentally leaked their login passwords over Zoom.
National cybersecurity agency deems TikTok a threat to Czechia
The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) has today warned Czechs against downloading the Chinese video application TikTok. It has labeled the app a “security threat” and said the public should “think twice” before using it.
Danish public broadcaster advises staff against using TikTok