New Zealand set to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from lawmakers’ devices, officials told news media on Friday, becoming the latest Western nation to act on security fears about the platform.
According to Parliamentary Service chief executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero he said that TikTok will be banned on all devices with access to the parliamentary network.
The ban he said will start from March 31.
Gonzalez-Montero said the risks were “not acceptable in the current New Zealand Parliamentary environment”
This decision has been made based on our own experts’ analysis and following discussion with our colleagues across government and internationally,” he added.
New Zealand joins Canada, Britain and the United States in banning the popular app from government-issued devices amid cyber security concerns that data could be viewed by officials in Beijing.
The European Commission has also ordered that TikTok should be struck from their employees’ devices.
“This decision has been made based on our own experts’ analysis and following discussion with our colleagues across government and internationally,” he added.
New Zealand joins Canada, Britain and the United States in banning the popular app from government-issued devices amid cyber security concerns that data could be viewed by officials in Beijing.
The European Commission has also ordered TikTok struck from their employees’ devices.
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