New York City has ordered its employees to remove TikTok from their city-issued phones, joining federal authorities and more than half of the US states in banning the use of the Chinese-owned video app. on government-owned devices.
“While social media is great for connecting New Yorkers with each other and with the city, we must ensure that we always use these platforms safely,” Jonah Allon, a spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams, said in a statement Thursday.
Allon said that the city’s top information security officials determined that TikTok posed a threat to the security of the city’s technical networks and ordered the removal of the app from city-owned devices within the next 30 days. .
The federal government ordered employees to remove TikTok from government-issued cellphones earlier this year amid concerns that its parent company, ByteDance, could provide user data to the Chinese government. More than half of the states in the United States have enacted similar bans.
The state of New York has banned the use of TikTok on state devices since 2020, with some exceptions for promotional accounts.
TikTok representatives have said that questions about possible cybersecurity risks when using the app are unfounded. So far they have not commented on the New York City ban.
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The United States and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on mobile devices used by government officials. The decision is encouraged by privacy concerns surrounding the app. TikTok, owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, ensures that it does not share data with the Chinese government and claims that its data is not stored in China. But many countries remain cautious about the platform and its ties to the Chinese government. These are the countries and regions that have implemented partial or full bans on TikTok.
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India India imposed a ban on TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps, including messaging app WeChat, in 2020 over privacy and security concerns. The ban came shortly after a clash between Indian and Chinese troops on a disputed Himalayan border that killed 20 Indian soldiers and injured dozens. The companies were given the opportunity to answer questions about privacy and security requirements, but the ban was made permanent in January 2021.
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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 mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers, are not allowed to use Chinese-made software, which includes apps like TikTok, its Chinese equivalent Douyin, or Xiaohongshu, a Chinese lifestyle content app.
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UNITED STATES This week, the United States said its government agencies have 30 days to remove TikTok from the personal devices of federal officials for security reasons. The ban applies only to government devices, although some US lawmakers advocate an outright ban. China has lashed out at the United States for banning TikTok, describing the ban as an abuse of state power and cracking down on companies from other countries. More than half of the country’s 50 states have also banned the app on government devices.
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CANADA Following the US announcement, Canada announced Monday that government-issued devices should not use TikTok, saying it presents an “unacceptable” risk to privacy and security. Employees will also not be able to download the app in the future.
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EUROPEAN UNION The European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of the European Union have imposed bans on TikTok on staff devices. The European Parliament ban, announced on Tuesday, takes effect on March 20. It also recommends to MEPs and their officials to remove the app from their personal devices.
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PAKISTAN Pakistani authorities have temporarily banned TikTok at least four times since October 2020, saying the app promotes “immoral content.”
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AFGHANISTAN The Taliban banned TikTok and the game PUBG in 2022 on the grounds that, with this measure, they seek to protect young people from “being deceived”.
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The White House has given federal agencies 30 days to remove the TikTok app from their government electronic devices. The foregoing, due to security fears of the data of US users that could reach Chinese authorities. “The fear is that in the US they think that the Chinese government can put pressure on this company to have access to all this information,” explained Israel Reyes, a cybersecurity expert. You can see more free news on ViX.
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