March 16 () –
The Government of the United Kingdom has prohibited with immediate effect the installation of the TikTok application on phones and other devices linked to the public administration, in line with the decisions that the United States Administration or the European Commission have already adopted in recent months.
British Cabinet Minister Oliver Dowden has announced the move in a statement to the House of Commons, noting that while TikTok’s use is “limited” on official devices, the presence of the Chinese app “could” pose a cybersecurity risk.
Fear has increased in the West in relation to the possible use of TikTok as a Trojan horse to promote propaganda in favor of China or collect user data, but Beijing has denounced that behind this cascade of vetoes there is a political intention without any justification. real technology.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, has already warned that he would examine the steps taken by “allied” governments and finally his government has followed the line of others such as the United States, Canada or India. In the British case, it so happens that some ministries, such as Defense, have official accounts on TikTok.
