Belgium’s Flemish regional government decided to block access to Chinese-owned video app TikTok on its staff’s phones and computers after being advised by several Belgian security and cyber security agencies, an official statement said. | Reuters
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BRUSSELS — Belgium’s Flemish regional government decided on Thursday to block access to Chinese-owned video app TikTok on its staff’s phones and computers after being advised by several Belgian security and cyber security agencies, an official statement said. A number of EU institutions have recently banned TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, on staff phones due to growing concerns that users’ data could end up in the hands of the Chinese government, undermining Western security interests.“It is important that all government employees are aware of the risks involved in using the app,” Johan Smekens, a top official at the Flemish regional government’s digitization department, said. The ban was effective immediately.
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