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Canada bans TikTok on government mobile devices

The Chinese app will not be able to be used on Government of Canada mobile devices. | Fountain: Hide | Photographer: Solen Feyissa

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He Government of Canada announced on Monday that it would ban the TikTok app from Tuesday on the mobile devices it provides to its employees, citing an “unacceptable level of risk” to privacy and security.

“On a mobile device, TikTok’s data collection methods provide significant access to phone content,” Finance Minister Mona Fortier said, adding in a statement that the decision was made “as a precautionary measure.”

“At this time, we have no reason to believe that any government information has been compromised,” he added.

representative tik tak said Canada’s decision to block the app was “curious” as it was made “without mentioning any specific security issues” and regretted that the government had not contacted them prior to the official announcement.

TikTok ban by other governments

The popular short and viral video platform, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, is coming under scrutiny from Western countries, who fear that Beijing thus, can access user data all over the world.

This ban in Canada comes days after a similar decision by the European Commission, which banned the use of tik tak its employees to “protect” the institution.

TikTok is also in the crosshairs of the US authorities: a law ratified a few weeks ago by the president Joe Biden prohibits the use of this application in House of Representatives And Senateas well as in the devices of administration officials.

Relations between China and Canada have deteriorated sharply in recent years, especially after Ottawa’s arrest at the US request of Huawei’s chief financial officer. Meng Wanzhouin 2018.

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner, a non-partisan ombudsman and parliamentary official, announced last week that he had opened an investigation. tik tak in order to establish its compliance with Canadian law.

Its purpose is, among other things, to verify that “TikTok has obtained valid consent to collect, use and share personal information.”

(According to AFP)

Source: RPP

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