Here are the governments that have banned the use of TikTok for state employees

Some governments have decided to prohibit the use of Tik Tok for employees of public offices. The concern concerns the processing of user data. ByteDance, the parent company of the social network, is over in the viewfinder. But which are the governments that have decided to take action against Tik Tok?

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In Canada TikTok has been banned on all government devices. Indeed, all employees and officials had to uninstall the application (Pictured is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau)

There European Commission enforced the deletion of the app from all staff devices, both private and corporate. However, few EU member states have imposed bans or restrictions

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However, something has also moved in Europe with the government of the Denmark which sent a recommendation to all members of parliament and various employees to remove the app for cybersecurity reasons. In Hollandhowever, the use of TikTok has been discouraged for government personnel, but without formal bans (In the photo Copenhagen)

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The Belgium instead it took tougher action by deciding to ban federal ministers and civil servants from using TikTok on smartphones and computers due to security flaws in the application. It is “a logical and necessary decision”, underlined the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Georges Gilkinet, commenting on the choice

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Over United States most state governments have banned the use of TikTok on all employee and representative electronic devices. Similar situation also at the federal level and for the White House (in the picture) which extended the ban to all agencies starting in late March

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There Great Britain on March 16, he announced the immediate ban of the social network TikTok on government devices, fearing security problems. The ban came into effect “with immediate effect”, said Digital Minister Oliver Dowden in Parliament, who has cybersecurity among the powers in his portfolio

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Also there New Zeland will ban the installation of the social network on Members of Parliament’s devices due to data security concerns. The ban will affect all devices with access to the parliamentary network, said Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, a parliament official, and will take effect on March 31

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As for theAsia, a ban on government officials and employees has been imposed in Taiwan. In India, Iran and Afghanistan TikTok has been banned completely and for anyone. Other temporary bans have been imposed in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Armenia and Azerbaijan for reasons related to the dissemination of content unwanted by governments

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In Italy for now the use of Tik Tok will not be prevented for Public Administration employees. This was specified on 8 March by the Minister for Public Administration, Paolo Zangrillo (in the picture), explaining that it is “a choice that I cannot make alone, I have to compare myself with the other institutions and together we will agree on a line”