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Belgium also bans TikTok on government phones (www.politico.eu)

submitted 2 years ago by ailiphilia@feddit.it to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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"TikTok is a Chinese company that currently is mandated to cooperate with Chinese intelligence services,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in a statement. The Belgian ban is based on a risk analysis by the country's intelligence services and recommendations by the national cybersecurity center.

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[–] jumanjimanju@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Feels like this comment chain shouldnt have turned into China vs US...
I dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businesses

[–] ailiphilia@feddit.it -1 points 2 years ago

dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businesses

Yes. And what makes this thread even more weird is the fact that Tiktok is not even available in China. ByteDance offers a similar service, Douyin, that looks and works just like it, but the Western version is unavailable, and not just for government officials but the entire population.

Furthermore, a lot of other social media is blocked in China not just for officials but for the entire population, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and many others. Not that I think these apps are needed, I just don't understand the critics for blocking Tiktok here.