The European Parliament asked employees to purge TikTok of used devices for work because of data protection Yet similar concerns moves by the European Union main governing bodies last week.
Parliament Speaker, Roberta Metsola, W secretary-generalAlessandro Ciocchetti, has decided that TikTok should not be used or installed on staff devices such as mobile phones, tablets or laptops from March 20, according to a notice issued on Tuesday.
“like of this date, web access to TikTok through our company network… will also to be banned “parliament” -general for Innovation and technology support He said in Note to about 8000 of Enterprise staff.
He. She also ‘Highly recommended’ MEPs and their staff remove TikTok from their personal devices.
The European Commission, the bloc’s executive arm, and the European Council, which represents the 27 EU member states, ordered a similar ban on Thursday. over Cyber security concerns.
TikTok said bans It was misleading and baseless on Fundamental misconceptions for “Due Process and Equal Treatment”.
company added the decision Taking “on The basics of Fears, not facts.
There were a great many of similar procedures in the past a few days later in Washington footsteps against The popular video sharing platform owned by the Chinese company ByteDance.
West in particular concerned about what access China shall sensitive user data about worldTikTok vehemently denies that Beijing has any control over it access.
In November, TikTok admitted some employees in China can access data of European users.
But the company last week insisted it was protecting the data of 125 million monthly users in European Union.
White House on Monday gave federal agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from all accounts government- The devices were issued after a ban ordered by the late US Congress last year.
On the same day, Canada government It banned TikTok from all phones and other devices, citing similar statements protection Concerns amid tense Canadian-Chinese relations.
In Europe, Denmark parliament announced Tuesday, I asked MPs and all staff to remove the app from mobile hardware because of the “risk of to spy.”
China says the ban on the use of Tik Tok by official EU institutions will hurt business trust in Europe.
TikTok is very popular with teens, but there are concerns that China might do the same use legal and regulatory powers to obtain it private User data or attempt to spread misinformation or narratives in favor of China on Platform.
China was pressing backAlthough the ruling Communist Party has long banned many foreigners social media Platforms and messages apps, including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Chinese version of Douyin app is allowed however content Not the same found on Tik Tok.
The European Union claims to be the most open market in the worldBut she has recently taken unreasonably restrictive measures and suppressed others countriescomp on the reasons of national Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said at a daily press briefing Wednesday.
“This will discourage you international community trust in the business environment in Mao said.
European Union should match her words with Verbs, respect market economy and honest competitionstop overworking and misusing the concept of national Security and provision is open, fair, transparent and non-discriminatory business environment for Mao said.
In the United States, federal agencies, in The directive issued Monday, you have 30 days to clear TikTok off everyone government hardware. White House already did not allow Tik Tok on its devices.
