The popular video-sharing app is to be removed from all government-issued devices “effective immediately.”
Treasury Board President Prabmeet Sarkaria said Queen’s Park is following Ottawa’s lead inTikTok’s parent company, Bytedance, is headquartered in Beijing and there are concerns the Chinese government could gain access to users’ data for spying purposes.
“The decision to block the TikTok application from government-issued and personal devices is a proactive and precautionary approach to ensuring the protection of government data and networks,” he said. banned the app from federal devices, warning “this may be a first step, it may be the only step we need to take.”
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