Many countries ban the use of TikTok

Social network TikTok is boycotted by many countries Photo: VULTURE

To date, 25 ministries and government agencies in this country have issued orders to ban the use of the social network TikTok on all devices used for work. Among them, 11 ministries and government agencies have completely banned the TikTok application such as the Ministry of Finance , the Ministry of Education, the National Disability Insurance Agency and the Australian Electoral Commission...

Australian Justice Minister Mark Dreyfus said the ban was announced after receiving recommendations from intelligence and security agencies. He stressed that it would come into effect “as soon as possible”, adding that exemptions would be considered on a case-by-case basis and with appropriate security measures in place.

Australia became the next country to ban the app, after the UK, US, Canada and several EU countries announced similar measures. Meanwhile, the New Zealand parliament (a member of the intelligence alliance) also ordered the app to be removed from all devices with access to the legislature.

The head of the Slovak Parliamentary Office, Daniel Guspan, said that the agency's employees have been banned from using the TikTok application, and that the ban is also proposed to apply to MPs and their assistants. At the same time, the Slovak Parliament has also banned the installation and use of applications considered a security threat on parliamentary devices, as well as blocking the network communication of such applications in the parliamentary computer network and information systems. The decision of the Slovak parliamentary office was made based on statements by international security agencies, which identified TikTok as a significant risk in the field of cybersecurity, as it can collect a disproportionate amount of information from devices on which the application is installed.

Shortly after the Belgian National Security Council (CNS) warned about the risks associated with the large amount of user data collected by TikTok, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo also announced that Belgian Federal Government employees will not be allowed to install the video- sharing app TikTok on their official phones. Although the ban does not apply to personal, self-purchased devices of federal government employees, the Belgian Prime Minister recommended that they also not install TikTok on these devices. The ban will be in effect temporarily for six months and will apply to all devices that are partly or wholly funded by the federal government and registered in the federal government system.

The Belgian National Security Council has asked regional, provincial and local authorities to impose a similar ban on TikTok, while urging the private sector to be aware of the risks associated with using the app. The Belgian National Security Council is also asking the Data Protection Authority (DPA) to investigate TikTok's privacy policy.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic and Ireland are investigating TikTok's data security capabilities.

The reason why many governments have issued this ban is due to concerns about user privacy and information security, as well as the risk of spreading harmful content, even threatening national security.

Thai Anh

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