A ban on TikTok, owned by the China-based ByteDance company, also came from New Zealand. New Zealand will ban its lawmakers and other members of parliament from using the Chinese social media platform TikTok on public phones due to security concerns.
A remarkable TikTok decision came from New Zealand. Accordingly, lawmakers in the country will be banned from using TikTok for security reasons. Officials said the move came on the advice of the government’s cybersecurity experts.
IT WILL BE EFFECTED AT THE END OF THE MONTH
Other agencies will then be able to decide to enforce their own bans.
TIKTOK BAN IS EXTENDING
In Norway, Minister of Justice Emilie Enger Mehl had to apologize for failing to report that she had installed the TikTok app on her government-allocated phone.
After the EU Commission and Council, the European Parliament, one of the EU institutions, banned the Chinese social media platform TikTok on the grounds of security concerns to its employees.
The European Union (EU) executive body, the EU Commission, imposed a TikTok ban on its employees on February 23 due to security concerns.
TikTok faces severe restrictions due to security and privacy concerns that it could be used to spread pro-Chinese views and access user information.
“I’m not that modern and trendy,” New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told reporters he doesn’t have TikTok on his phone. said.
Other agencies will then be able to decide to enforce their own bans.
The ban in New Zealand will take effect later this month, following similar decisions being implemented in other countries. However, the ban decision in the country will only apply to the public phones of about 500 people in parliament, not all government employees as in the USA and England.
TIKTOK IS ON THE AGENDA DUE TO SECURITY AND PRIVACY CONCERNS
“I’m not that modern and trendy,” New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins told reporters he doesn’t have TikTok on his phone. said.
