The European Commission, the EU’s politically independent executive arm responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, has implemented the TikTok ban on work-issued devices and.
What just happened? It’s not just the US where organizations and the government have banned staff from using TikTok; workers at the European Commission are now prohibited from interacting with the popular short-form video app and have been ordered to remove it from their devices. The move was prompted by fears of data harvesting and potential cyberattacks stemming from Chinese owner ByteDance, which has faced repeated claims of collusion with the Chinese government.
The European Commission, the EU’s politically independent executive arm responsible for drawing up proposals for new European legislation, has implemented the TikTok ban on work-issued devices and employees’ personal devices if they have work-related apps installed.
“The measure aims to protect the commission against cybersecurity threats and actions, which may be exploited for cyberattacks against the corporate environment of the commission,” said Sonya Gospodinova, a commission spokeswoman.
