New Zealand Bans TikTok From Parliamentary Devices, Citing ‘Unacceptable’ Risks

New Zealand Bans TikTok From Parliamentary Devices, Citing ‘Unacceptable’ Risks
The download page for the TikTok app is displayed on an Apple iPhone in Washington, on Aug. 7, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Aldgra Fredly
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New Zealand has moved to ban the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from all parliamentary devices, citing the “unacceptable” level of risks posed by the popular video app.

Parliamentary Service Chief Executive Rafael Gonzalez-Montero said on Friday that TikTok—owned by Beijing-based firm ByteDance—would be removed from “all devices with access to the parliamentary network.”

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