In an email sent to European Commission’s employees, the Brussels’ executive urged staff to delete the Chinese social media app immediately. The email read: “To protect the Commission’s data and increase its cybersecurity, the EC [European Commission] Corporate Management Board has decided to suspend the TikTok application on corporate devices and personal devices enrolled in the Commission mobile device services.”
The Commission gave staffers a March 15 deadline to take action or risk losing access to the Commission email and Skype for Business apps on their devices.
The move comes as last November, TitTok admitted that its Chinese headquarters could access worldwide data of its users.
The app has already been banned by US Government officials.
US deputy secretary of state, Wendy Sherman, said last week that young people should “think twice” about being on TikTok because of China.
She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg: “These are very tough decisions for any family. The United States government has made a decision that none of us can use TikTok on any of our official devices.
“I think that was a very, very sound judgment and I would certainly tell any young people in my family to think twice about being on TikTok.
“We have thousands of chips in any of our cars, we all live on our phones, and we have to understand all these devices can be used as surveillance vehicles if used in the wrong way.
“There is no question that the People’s Republic of China is the pacing challenge, certainly for this decade and if not through the further future.”
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