A report by the news agency AFP citing a ministerial source said that France, as of Friday (March 24) has banned public sector employees from downloading “recreational applications” including the Chinese-owned TikTok on their work phones.

France bans ‘recreational’ apps like TikTok from public sector employees’ work phones

TikTok chief Shou Zi Chew on Thursday faced relentless questioning at the hands of US lawmakers over the video-sharing application's alleged ties to China and the danger it poses to teens.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew assures US lawmakers 'legacy' data will be deleted this year

Shou Zi Chew, the CEO of TikTok, is currently in the spotlight amid growing scepticism of the Chinese app around the world. The app is running the risk of being banned across the United States.

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A group of content creators on the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok descended on the US Capitol on Wednesday (March 22) to protest against the calls for a ban on the app.

TikTok users descend on US Capitol to protest against calls for ban on app

Even as TikTok is confronted with a pushback from US government quarters over concerns of app's alleged spying and data sharing, the video hosting platform is reluctant to become irrelevant in the country.

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British broadcaster BBC has urged its staff to delete TikTok from corporate mobile phones due to privacy and security concerns about the Chinese-owned video sharing app.

BBC asks staff to delete TikTok from mobile phones over privacy and security concerns

New Zealand on Friday became the latest entrant to the list of countries that have banned TikTok on all devices with access to its lawmakers amidst rising concerns over national and cybersecurity.

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The popular video app TikTok, which has over 100 million users in the US, could be facing a possible ban by the Biden administration if its Chinese owners do not divest their stake in the company.

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Rishi Sunak has indicated that the UK could follow the U.S. and Canada in banning TikTok from government devices, saying he will take whatever steps are necessary to protect Britain’s security.

Rishi Sunak hints at TikTok ban from UK government devices

The United Kingdom is reportedly planning to ban TikTok on government devices over growing risks regarding data security as several experts and analysts have raised concerns that the app might be used to promote pro-China views and gather data of users illegally.

After India and US, UK mulls TikTok ban on govt devices over data security concerns linked to China

The government in Belgium also banned TikTok from government phones over concerns of misinformation, privacy and cybersecurity, said the country's prime minister on Friday.

Belgium follows footsteps of US and EU, bans TikTok from government phones

Turkey on Wednesday (March 1) fined the Chinese social media app TikTok 1.75 million lira ($93,000) for not taking all sufficient steps to protect users from the unlawful processing of data.

Turkey fines TikTok millions of lira for weak data protection measures

The Chinese-owned video sharing app TikTok will soon set a new default screen time limit of 60 minutes for its users under the age of 18. According to the app, if an individual hits the daily screen time limit, they will then have to enter a passcode to continue to use the service that day, which they will receive in their app only.

TikTok to set new one-hour daily screen time limit for users under 18 to help them 'stay in control'

The United States House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday (March 1) to advance legislation that would authorise the president to impose a ban on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, among other apps that pose threat to national security.

US: Legislation authorising Joe Biden to ban TikTok advances

The European Parliament has told the staff to delete TikTok from the devices that are used for work as the concern of data protection continues to increase within the block.

EU bans TikTok on work devices amid data security breaches

The U.S. & Canada have decided to ban Tiktok from 'govt devices'. Will they implement a nation-wide ban? What lessons can they learn from India? Molly Gambhir reports.

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After the United States and the European Union, now Canada has decided to ban TikTok from all government-issued devices. The Canadian government said that the ban would go into effect from Tuesday (February 28) and federal employees would also be blocked from downloading the application in the future.

Canada bans TikTok on government devices over security risks

The US federal agencies have been given 30 days ultimatum by the White House to ensure no government devices and systems have the Chinese video sharing app TikTok.

White House gives US federal agencies 30 days to enforce TikTok ban

After the US, Canada bans the Chinese social media app TikTok from government-issued devices over security concerns. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat in a statement said that the app presents an "unacceptable" threat to security as TikTok's data collection methods provide access to the contents of the government phone.

After US and European Commission, Canada bans TikTok from government devices over security risks

The European Commission's Corporate Management Board has decided to suspend the use of the TikTok application on its corporate devices and on personal devices enrolled in the commission mobile device service to improve its cybersecurity.

European Commission bans staff from using TikTok on work devices over security concerns

Senator Chuck Schumer of the United States thinks that a proposal to outlaw the widely used short-form video hosting site TikTok in the nation "should be looked at.

US senator calls for ban on TikTok, claims the app leaks information to Chinese gov't

US Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee has suggested that TikTok should be removed from App Stores run by Apple and Google because he says that the social media opposes a risk to National Security.

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Wisconsin and North Carolina on Thursday banned the use of TikTok on government-owned devices over cyber security concerns. The ban on the use of the Chinese app in the United States has widened.

US: Wisconsin and North Carolina ban TikTok on government-owned devices

Citing shortcomings related to the handling of 'cookies', France on Thursday levied a fine of $5.4 million on the Chinese short-video app TikTok. Commission Nationale Informatique & Libertés (CNIL), the French data protection agency, said users were not allowed to refuse cookies as easily as they accept them.

TikTok fined $5.4 million by France for 'cookies' related issues

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