JawaPos.com – The ban on TikTok in many countries continues to expand. Recently, France banned “entertainment” apps like TikTok. The TikTok ban in France coincides with the banning of Twitter, Netflix and even the light game Candy Crush from government employee devices.
This ban would be due to cybersecurity problems that could harm data, both for employees and for the administration. The office of Minister of Public Services Stanislas Guerini made the announcement.
While the government hasn’t provided a definitive list of banned apps, Guerini said there may be some exceptions for the purposes of required communications. The ban takes effect immediately, but the penalties for breaking the rules will be decided at the “management level”.
It should be noted that the policy does not (yet) affect personal devices. The reason for the ban is unrelated to concerns that the Chinese government is collecting data from TikTok, which has long been a major concern for other countries.
Instead, it reflects a broader concern that entertainment apps could compromise government data. The rules are not targeted to specific countries or app categories.
Quoted by Engadget, France’s decision follows similar bans on TikTok by the federal government of the United States (US), dozens of states, Canada, the European Commission and the United Kingdom, which all raised concerns that the Chinese government might be collecting data on key people. , spreading propaganda and forcing TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, to hand over sensitive information.
TikTok itself, through its CEO, facing the US Congress some time ago, denied this issue. TikTok denies cooperating with the Chinese government and insists that US user data will not be accessible to staff in other countries by the end of this year’s migration plan.
The French ban may be bad news for employees looking to use the app at lunch, but it could also reassure politicians concerned that employees might inadvertently leak information through their social media accounts.
It remains to be seen how strictly the ban will be enforced and what penalties, if any, will be imposed on those who defy it.
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