According to the EC, this measure is aimed at protecting the commission from threats to cybersecurity and actions that can be used for cyber attacks on the corporate environment of the commission. Developments in the field of safety of other social networks will also be under constant control.
In the EC, about 32,000 permanent and contract employees operate. The commission asked them to remove Tiktok no later than March 15. If employees violate this period, they will lose access to corporate applications, including e -mail and Skype for business.
The representative of Tiktok said this ban is erroneous and based on fundamental errors, and also requested a meeting with the commission to clarify, “how the company protects the data of 125 million users (per month) throughout the EU.
In December 2022, the House of US Representatives banned civil servants to use Tiktok on government mobile devices for national security reasons. In addition, already 11 US states banned the use of Tiktok on state devices in order to “protect the rights to the inviolability of the private life of residents”.