Belgium bans TikTok on government phones.

(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on the 10th that due to concerns about Internet security, privacy and false information, Belgium will ban the use of TikTok on government mobile phones to keep up with EU institutions and European and American countries The footsteps of blocking.

According to the "Associated Press" report, De Creu pointed out that mobile phones owned or purchased by the Belgian government are prohibited from using the Chinese short video application TikTok for at least the next six months.

TikTok expressed its regret about this and hoped to meet with Belgian officials to clarify the misunderstandings.

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Decreu emphasized that Belgium's ban is based on warnings from the national security department and the Internet Security Center. After investigation, they found that TikTok can collect user data and adjust algorithms to manipulate news dissemination and content, and that TikTok may be used for China. espionage.

TikTok is owned by Beijing ByteDance Technology Company. It moved its headquarters to Singapore in 2020 in an attempt to wash away its Chinese background and claimed that the parent company was incorporated outside China.

However, the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the Danish Ministry of Defense have all asked employees to disable TikTok, and the United States and Canada have similar regulations.