Tueimportant decisions in the technology industry are now made not only in Silicon Valley, but also in Brussels and Washington. The fate of the Tiktok short video service, whose popularity has a geopolitical component due to its Chinese roots, could have been decided there these days.
Western governments are increasingly being asked whether an app, especially popular with younger users, poses a threat to national security. FBI Director Christopher Wray, for example, said last week that Tiktok is “a tool that ends up being controlled by the Chinese government,” which does not bode well for both the security of user data and the content on the platform. In the US, a complete ban on the app is even being discussed, while in India it has already been blocked. More and more governments are banning their employees from using Tiktok on work phones.
Source: Frantfurter Allgemeine
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