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He New Zealand government will prohibit the use and download of the Chinese application ICT Tac in devices used by Members of the March, 31st for cybersecurity reasons, join the list of nations concerned about the dangers of using the app, which could lead to handling oh spying by the diet Xi Jinping.
The executive director of the Parliamentary Services, Rafael Gonzalez-Monteroalso ordered that the apps be removed from all mobile phones, tablets and other electronic devices for official use in the coming days due to the danger of expose sensitive official information.
Legislative authorities only they will make special exceptions “for those who need the app to perform their democratic duties“, specified the source.
The decision follows the opinion of experts in cyber security and this is happening after the “discussion” between members of the New Zealand government and other countries.
“Based on this information, the (parliamentary) service determined that the risks are not acceptable in the current New Zealand parliamentary environmentsaid Gonzalez-Montero, quoted in a statement.
United States, Canada and United Kingdom they also banned the Chinese group’s popular platform ByteDance on government devices lest Chinese authorities gain access to the data.
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There European Commission he also ordered his employees to uninstall the app on their devices.
The first action of this type was undertaken in 2020 in Indiawhich banned various Chinese apps after clashes at the disputed border between the two Asian giants.
That same year, the then President of the United States, Donald Trump accused TikTok of collecting information for China.
TikTok has admitted that ByteDance employees in China accessed US account details, but has always denied passing their details to authorities in Beijing.
The current US President, Joe Biden has threatened to ban the app altogether if it doesn’t disassociate itself from ByteDance.
The red social ICT Tacwhose parent company is Chinese technology ByteDanceconfirmed this Wednesday to the press agency AFP that the US government has recommended that the application be separated from its owner, in order to not be banned in the United States.
“If the goal is to protect national security, there is no need to call for prohibition or alienation, because neither option solves the problems of the data access and transfer industry“, reacted a spokesperson for TikTok contacted by the AFP.
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“We remain convinced that the best avenue to address national security concerns is the protection of US-based user data and systems, with robust third-party monitoring, investigation and verification,” the doorkeeper added. -word. .
The measure, the strongest against the social network so far by the Joe Biden administration, comes amid pressure from lawmakers to restrict the platform, which has more than 100 million users nationwide. .
Last week, General Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency (NSA), told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he was concerned about TikTok “because of the information it has, its algorithm and its his influence”.
(With information from EFE and AFP)
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