The social network has begun to promote within TikTok and content creators have also been asked to register so that their followers are interested in doing the same. Amid the controversy between the US and ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok has promoted its new application in the North American country, whose interface is quite reminiscent … Read more
First, it was the EC and the US, and little by little other countries such as Denmark or the United Kingdom have followed the same policy: the devices of government officials are prohibited from installing and using the short video app. The Dutch government announced this Tuesday that the work phones received by government officials … Read more
The French Executive has ordered that government employees’ smartphones cannot run any entertainment apps, including the well-known Chinese social network. The TikTok social network as well as other sorts of services, like streaming ones, are affected by the French government’s announcement that employees of the administration will not be permitted to download “recreational programs” on … Read more
The immediate response, which is a response to concerns that the Chinese program “may” pose a risk in terms of cybersecurity, follows in the footsteps of nations like the United States, Denmark, Canada, and India. By decisions already made by the European Commission or the US Administration in recent months, the government of the UK … Read more
The company believes that the solution would be to hire third-party companies to manage the data and prevent it from reaching China, but they could be considering the option of selling. US Threatens to Ban TikTok Government bans on using TikTok on official devices in the United States, the European Commission, Canada, Lithuania, Latvia, and Denmark are mainly due … Read more
Governments have barred their officials from using TikTok on their mobile phones claiming cybersecurity and data protection concerns. The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed on Thursday that it has prevented its officials from installing the Chinese-owned TikTok application on their work electronic devices, as the European Commission, the United States, and Canada have already … Read more
The Danish Ministry of Defense asserts security grounds to delete the app as soon as possible. The Danish Ministry of Defense has forbidden its staff from installing the TikTok social network, owned by a Chinese company, on their official mobile devices, stating security considerations, a justification used in recent weeks by other countries to justify … Read more
Android platform users received a tremor alert. This functionality can identify seismic waves and recognize patterns that match the frequencies and vibrations generated by an earthquake. Google’s Earthquake Alert System warned thousands of people that an earthquake was going to occur. The 5.9-magnitude tremor that shook Colombia at dawn this Friday was notified seconds before to the phones of thousands … Read more
The idea of the platform is to route all the data of US users through a company located in the country. TikTok is experiencing what is perhaps the tensest week in its history. The CEO of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, had to appear before the United States Congress to respond to the allegations of US politicians regarding security issues. Questions … Read more
At the end of February, the European Commission decided that the platform would be banned from official mobile phones. Since then, several countries have joined this initiative. The last to join has been New Zealand on banned Tiktok. TikTok reacts to government limitations: “We are surprised and disappointed”. TikTok is having serious problems convincing governments … Read more