The ban comes into effect on March 31 and will cover all devices with access to the New Zealand parliamentary internet network. The measure is similar to those in the United Kingdom, Belgium and Canada.
New Zealand has decided to ban the use of the Chinese social networking app TikTok on official devices made available to parliamentarians, officials said on Friday, following similar measures in other countries.
The ban will cover all devices with access to the New Zealand parliament’s internet network, Rafael González-Montero, a parliamentary official, told the France-Press news agency. prohibition It will enter into force on March 31..
UK to ban TikTok on government phones
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, part of the Treasury Department, threatened to ban the app from the US marketunless its owners, Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd., sell the position.
“If protecting national security is the goal, divestment does not solve the problem: a change of ownership would not impose new restrictions on data flows or access,” reacted Maureen Shanahan, a spokesperson for TikTok.
On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin accused the United States of spread misinformation and asserted that Washington has not provided any evidence that TikTok constitutes a threat to its national security.
US gives government agencies a month to remove TikTok
In late February, the White House gave federal agencies 30 days to remove TikTok from all government devices. Some agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security and the State Department, already had restrictions.
The Belgian federal government also decided last week ban the use of TikTok on official devices of its employees, after Canada and the European Commission made similar decisions. And this Thursday it was the turn of the United Kingdom to ban the application on government phones.
The Belgian federal government bans TikTok on the devices of ministers and officials
TikTok is used by two-thirds of US teens, but there are growing concerns that Beijing could gain control of US user data and that the application they serve to spread pro-Beijing propaganda.
China bans most foreign social networks, including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok itself, which is present in the country through the national version, called Douyin.
Source: Observadora
