EU Agencies Ban Their Employees From Using TikTok

The US Senate, which rejects everything from China, has officially called on Google and Apple to ban TikTok, which has become one of the most popular social media in the world in recent weeks.

The European Union does not lag behind the USA either. According to a recent news, TikTok, in the two largest institutions in the EU, cyber security issues It is closed for use by employees.

Using TikTok is banned by the European Commission

TikTok, which is owned by ByteDance company headquartered in China, is the Chinese government’s use of this application. collecting users’ dataIt has been under scrutiny by governments for a long time due to accusations of using it for its own interests and interests.

EU industry chief Thierry Breton, who announced the ban by the European Commission, declined to say whether the Commission had been exposed to any TikTok-related incidents. announced that all employees are prohibited from using TikTok.

Another official also said on Thursday that EU Council staff, who gather representatives of member states to set policy priorities, are using their personal phones with access to EU Council services. He will have to uninstall TikTok he also said.

There was also a statement from TikTok on the subject:

“Before implementing the commission’s ban, not reaching us We were disappointed and very surprised. We have not taken any action that could pose a cybersecurity threat. We think this is all a misunderstanding.”