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Federal employees and parliamentarians of Canada they will have to uninstall ICT Tac, the popular video app, before this Friday. The government of Justin Trudeau It took this step after other countries, such as the United States and the European Union, reported risks to the privacy and security of their citizens.
Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board of Canada, explained that TikTok “presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security”, what the Director of Information Systems of Canada said. Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, assured that he respects the freedom of expression and to surf the Internet “but we also have very important principles of online protection for your safety”.
This is how TikTok disappears from the mobile phones of officials, which the application, owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, deplores. According to an email sent to the CBC network, TikTok spokespersons say Canada never raised “specific security concerns” with them and did not consult with its officials before making the decision.
At the European Commission, officials have until March 15 to remove the app from their devices. The measure was taken to protect European Commission data and strengthen its cybersecurity.
in 2022 UNITED STATES has banned the app from federal government devices, and some US lawmakers are trying to ban TikTok from operating nationwide. (YO)
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