On March 10, Belgium announced it was banning TikTok from devices owned or paid for by Belgium's federal government over worries about cybersecurity, privacy, and misinformation for at least six months, the country's prime minister said. New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins said he didn't have TikTok on his phone and added, “I'm not that hip and trendy”.
Parliamentary Service Chief Executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero said officials could make special arrangements if they needed TikTok to perform their democratic duties. Unlike in other countries such as the UK, the ban won't affect all government workers and will only be applied to about 500 people in the parliamentary complex. New Zealand became the latest country on March 17 to announce TikTok will be banned from the phones of government lawmakers at the end of March 2023. She added that "they also single out social media as a forum favoured by potentially dangerous actors and others who want to influence us with disinformation and fake news".Ĭivil servants can still use TikTok if necessary on professional grounds, but only on devices that not are not connected to the government's network, the ministry said. the Norwegian intelligence services single out Russia and China as the main risk factors for Norway's security interests". Norway’s Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl said in a statement on Tuesday that “in their risk assessments. "The central government must be able to do its work securely, including via its mobile devices," said Alexandra van Huffelen, the Dutch Minister for Digitalisation.Įventually, the government wants all civil servants' business phones to be configured so that only applications, software or features that have been previously authorised can be installed and used. The Dutch government advised its civil servants on Tuesday against using apps from other countries with a record of"offensive cyberware" on their work devices.
“After analysing the issues at stake, notably security, the government has decided to prohibit the downloading and installation of recreational applications on business telephones provided to public officials”.
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