Dutch civil servants requested to take away TikTok from work telephones

Reuters | | Posted by Singh Rahul Sunilkumar

Dutch civil servants will quickly not be allowed to make use of the Chinese-owned video app TikTok on their work telephones, the Dutch Interior ministry stated on Tuesday, following related selections by different European international locations.

The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone.(AP)
The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone.(AP)

The Dutch ministry stated it discouraged on telephones distributed by the federal government using all apps from “countries with an aggressive cyberprogram targeted at the Netherlands or Dutch interests”.

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The Dutch intelligence company AIVD final month listed China, Russia, Iran and North Korea as having such an offensive cyber program, which created the chance of espionage.

Belgium this month additionally banned TikTok, which is owned by Chinese agency ByteDance, from the telephones and computer systems of federal authorities staff.

Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com

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