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European Commission bans TikTok on official devices over spying fears

European Commission bans TikTok on official devices over spying fears

TikTok was banned by the European Commission from official devices on Thursday, February 22 due to spying concerns. However, the Chinese social media giant called the move misguided.

TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is Chinese, has faced increasing Western scrutiny over fears about how much access Beijing has to user data.

As the EU seeks cybersecurity, the ban means that staff of the European Commission cannot use the video-sharing application on personal devices. This includes phones with official EU communication apps.

Employees should remove the app as quickly as possible. This should be done by March 15.

EU spokeswoman Sonya Gospodinova said the corporate management board of the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, had made the decision for security reasons.

‘The measure aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats and actions which may be exploited for cyberattacks against the corporate environment of the commission,’ she said.

There was no immediate comment on whether other EU institutions such as the European Council, which represents member states, or the European Parliament would take similar measures.

After the news was made public, EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton pointed to the cybersecurity risks he said had informed the decision.

‘As an institution, the European Commission has, from the beginning of the mandate, a very strong focus on cybersecurity, protecting our colleagues and, of course, everyone who is working here in the Commission,’ Breton told reporters.

A spokesperson for TikTok said it was ‘disappointed with this decision, which we believe to be misguided and based on fundamental misconceptions’.

In November, TikTok admitted some staff in China can access the data of European users.

The company however denies that the Chinese government has any control or access.

TikTok on Thursday stressed it protects the data of 125 million users monthly in the European Union on its app and was taking steps to strengthen data security.

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