Canada Bans TikTok from All Government Devices
- U-Report
VIVA – Canada bans TikTok on all government mobile or other devices starting on Tuesday. It aims to data protect. This video app is a subsidiary company of ByteDance that is owned by China has faced increased Western surveillance in recent months, due to concerns about how much access Beijing has to user data.
In a statement Monday, Treasury Board Secretariat President Mona Fortier confirmed reporting by National Post that no government mobile device would be allowed to host the short-video social media app.
“Effective February 28, 2023, the TikTok application will be removed from government-issued mobile devices. Users of these devices will also be blocked from downloading the application in the future. Following a review of TikTok, the Chief Information Officer of Canada determined that it presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security,” Fortier said in a statement, as reported from the Windsor star site.
“The decision to remove and block TikTok from government mobile devices is being taken as a precaution, particularly given concerns about the legal regime that governs the information collected from mobile devices, and is in line with the approach of our international partners. On a mobile device, TikTok’s data collection methods provide considerable access to the contents of the phone,” she added.
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The government added that Canada’s chief information officer has determined that the app poses a level of risk to privacy and security.
Although, there is no evidence of government data linked to the app, the Canadian government warns that TikTok's data collection methods provide considerable access to phone content
Furthermore, a TikTok spokesperson said Canada's decision to block TikTok was considered strange because it was taken without looking at specific security issues or consulting with the Tiktok company.
As information, relations between China and Canada have deteriorated in recent years, especially after the arrest by Canada of a senior Huawei executive in 2018, as well as China's retaliatory detention of two Canadian citizens.
