Canada announced on Monday (February 27, 2023) that it would ban the use of the TikTok app on mobile devices made available to Canadian government employees, such as smart phones It is tablets. Here is the complete of the official press release (94 Kb, in English).

The rule takes effect from Tuesday (February 28) and is justified by precautions with the security and confidentiality of government data.

In the note, the President of the Treasury Board of Canada, Mona Fortier, said the decision was made due to legal rules present in the app’s data use policy.

“On a mobile device, TikTok’s data collection methods provide considerable access to phone content”.

Fortier also said the measure is consistent with the actions of “international partners” From Canada.

The chairman of the board also said that the Canadian government has no evidence that government information has been compromised.

Thursday 23 February, the European Commission he sent an email to employees of the establishment asking them to remove TikTok from their personal devices, if they had work applications installed on their devices.

“To protect the European Commission’s data and increase its cybersecurity, the group’s board of directors has decided to suspend the TikTok application on professional and personal devices”wrote the organization in the email.

US politicians have also proposed actions to ban the Chinese app. On December 13, 2022, Republican Senator Marco Rubio announced a bipartisan bill to ban TikTok from operating in the United States.

According to the deputy, the social network would spy on Americans and manipulate the elections. The proposal also calls on the White House to take all necessary steps to prevent TikTok from accessing confidential state data.