For several months now, TikTok has been in the crosshairs of many Western countries that accuse it of representing an unacceptable risk to the privacy and security of its users. Thus, the European Commission has asked its employees to remove the application as soon as possible and the United States and Canada have already banned the Chinese application on government devices due to alleged espionage risks. For Jérôme Billois, Wavestone’s cybersecurity partner and Tech&Co guest on Tuesday, March 7, there can be risks in using TikTok.
Towards a TikTok ban?
The possibility of TikTok disappearing from US app stores could be a possibility.
The banishment of TikTok would certainly make people happy. Competitor social networks, which view TikTok as a fierce adversary, first and foremost. In addition, some voices speculate that TikTok’s blacklisting in the US would be the result of intense lobbying by Facebook or Snapchat.
Source: BFM TV
