the European Commission bans TikTok for its employees

Employees and civil servants of the European Commission learned the news in an internal communication: from the 15th, ban for them to use TikTok. A measure that applies to professional but also personal phones when work applications are installed on them. A ban necessary for the Commission because of the data protection problems linked to the Chinese application.

The application also banned in the USA

“The measure aims to protect the Commission against cybersecurity threats and actions that can be exploited by hackers against the environment of the Commission”, justifies Sonya Gospodinova, spokesperson for the European Commission. The same mistrust in the United States, where civil servants no longer have the right to use TikTok since December. Ditto for the House of Representatives and the Senate.