Danish defence ministry bans TikTok on official devices
The Danish defence ministry has joined other western
countries banning the use of the Chinese short video platform TikTok on official mobile phones and other devices.
The ministry said using the platform is prohibited for security reasons but also because the app is only required to a very limited extent for employees’ work.
It advised employees who have installed TikTok on their work cell phones or other work devices to delete the app as soon as possible.
The ministry said the ban followed a recommendation by the Danish Centre for Cyber Security (CFCS), which recently advised against using TikTok on government devices.
According to Danish media reports, the country’s justice and climate and energy ministries are said to have already banned the app.
The short video service from the Chinese ByteDance group has also been banned from company cell phones in other western countries such as the U.S., Canada and by the Latvian foreign ministry.
(dpa/NAN)
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