Which countries have banned TikTok like New Zealand has banned TikTok on some phones?
with the prospect of Complete ban upon tick tock possibilities in the UK, new zealand is the latest to ban video-sharing apps on government phones.
The popular app is under intense scrutiny for its China links with the US, which currently has 100 million Tiktok users. Demanding Chinese owners to sell their shares Or face an outright ban.
China and TikTok claim there are no security risks. However, some other countries are concerned that TikTok user data could be passed to the state or used to further pro-Beijing views.
1 billion people around the world use this app.
President Bidenthe threat of follows an attempt to donald trump To ban apps in 2020, The move was blocked by a U.S. court.
So which countries have taken action to ban TikTok and exactly who has been banned?
Here’s what you should know:
Which countries have banned Tiktok?
new zealand
New Zealand MPs were informed today (Friday 17 March) that Tiktok would be banned from all parliamentary devices because “the risks are unacceptable in the current New Zealand parliamentary environment”.
“The decision to block the TikTok application was made based on our own analysis and discussions with colleagues across government and internationally.”
Some lawmakers regularly post on TikTok, including Act party leader David Seymour, and are free to post on their personal phones as well.
united states of america
U.S. politicians in the House of Representatives Ordered to remove TikTok I downloaded it from my work phone and banned it last December.
More than half of the states in the US have also banned the use of TikTok on government devices, with both Democrats and Republicans joining forces to give the White House the power to ban it all over the country.
England
Yesterday (Thursday, March 16) UK government bans TikTok Effective immediately on all government devices.
All staff have been ordered to be removed from the app “immediately”.
It followed concerns that there could be risks to how sensitive government data is accessed and used by certain platforms.
“As many of my colleagues know, social media apps collect and store vast amounts of user data,” said Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden.
TikTok said it was “disappointed” by the move “based on a fundamental misunderstanding and driven by broader geopolitics.”
EU
of EU last month announced a ban on TikTok from employees’ work phones.
Within the European Parliament, this will take effect on Monday (March 20), with staff advised to remove the app entirely from their work devices.
Certain countries within the EU, including Netherlandsand Belgiumresulted in a similar ban on staff.
Afghanistan
AfghanistanTaliban leaders last year banned the app for “misleading the younger generation.”
India
India imposed a temporary ban on everyone Back in the country on Tiktok in 2020, this was made permanent in January 2021.
Addressing privacy and security concerns, the Indian government has also banned many other Chinese apps, including messaging service WeChat.
Taiwan
public sector workers Taiwan Use of TikTok and other Chinese software is prohibited.
Canada
Anyone working in a national or local government sector Canada are banned from using TikTok on official devices. After the US did so, the country acted quickly to bring this up.
Some countries have previously temporarily banned TikTok. Pakistan,Jordan, Bangladesh and Indonesia.
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