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Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics wrote on the X platform (formerly Twitter) that he had deleted his TikTok account and banned the application from official Foreign Ministry smartphones.

Dutch

The Dutch central government has banned apps, including TikTok, from employees’ work phones, citing data security concerns.

The Dutch government’s statement does not specifically name TikTok, but says the country’s officials are discouraged from installing and using apps “from countries with cyber programs that attack the Netherlands and/or Dutch interests on their mobile work devices”.

New Zealand

New Zealand lawmakers and parliamentary staff across the country have been banned from using the TikTok app on their work phones, following advice from government cybersecurity experts.

The app will be removed from all devices with access to Parliament’s network, although officials may make special arrangements for anyone who needs TikTok to carry out their democratic duties.

Norway’s parliament has banned TikTok from work devices, after the country’s Justice Ministry warned that the app should not be installed on phones assigned to government employees.

The country’s capital, Oslo, and Norway’s second-largest city, Bergen, have also urged municipal workers to remove TikTok from their work phones.

Pakistan

Pakistani authorities have temporarily banned TikTok at least four times since October 2020.

Taiwan

In December 2022, Taiwan imposed a ban on TikTok in the public sector after the FBI warned that TikTok posed a national security risk.

Government devices, including phones, tablets and desktop computers, are barred from using software made in China, including apps like TikTok, Douyin or Xiaohongshu, a Chinese lifestyle content app.

English

In mid-March 2023, British authorities banned TikTok from mobile phones used by ministers and civil servants, with immediate impact. Officials said the ban was a “precautionary measure” for security reasons and did not apply to personal devices.

The semi-autonomous Scottish government and London City Hall have also banned TikTok on staff devices.

the united states of america

In early March 2023, the United States gave government agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from federal devices and systems due to data security concerns.

More than half of the 50 US states have also banned the app on official devices, as have Congress and the US military.