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“Recreational applications”, including TikTok, banned on the phones of state officials in France

2023-03-24T10:59:12.636Z


These applications present “risks in terms of cybersecurity and data protection of public officials and the administration”, estimated the entourage of the Minister of Public Service Stanislas Guerini.


The government on Friday banned the installation and use of "

recreational

" applications such as the Chinese social network TikTok or the American streaming platform Netflix on the work phones of the 2.5 million civil servants of State.

These applications present "

risks in terms of cybersecurity and data protection of public officials and the administration

", estimated the entourage of the Minister of Public Service Stanislas Guerini, who is following in the footsteps of several Western institutions and governments having already banned or restricted the use of TikTok on work devices.

More information to come.

Source: lefigaro

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