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New Zealand bans platform on MPs devices
“Legitimate concerns around the world”
Reports: New Zealand bans Tiktok on MPs’ devices
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Wellington New Zealand is following other Western countries and taking measures against the Tiktok video application, which belongs to a Chinese company, for security reasons. According to media reports, the app will be banned on all mobile phones and other devices that have access to the parliament’s network, including MPs’ phones, by March 31. This was reported on Friday by Radio New Zealand and other media.
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Prime Minister Chris Hepkins said, according to Radio New Zealand, that he had not yet been informed of the parliamentary department’s decision. He himself does not use Tiktok.
Company Bytedance has already been banned from government cellphones or MPs’ devices in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States due to security concerns. “Global tensions are running high in the wake of the Chinese spy balloon incident earlier this year,” New Zealand cybersecurity firm CyberCX said, describing the Tiktok ban as necessary. “There are legitimate concerns around the world about the Chinese government’s access to and use of Tiktok data,” the company said in a statement.
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