The app first came in the crosshairs in 2020 during the Donald Trump administration, which tried to ban the short-form video app from app stores in the US and cut it off from vital technical services. In March, Wray told a Senate Intelligence Committee the Chinese government could use TikTok to control software on millions of devices and drive narratives to divide Americans over Taiwan or other issues. Why are countries raising issues about TikTok?Ĭoncerns regarding alleged security risks posed by TikTok have most prominently been raised by US lawmakers and national security officials who say that user data gathered by the app could be accessed by the Chinese government.Ĭalls to ban TikTok from government devices gained momentum after FBI Director Christopher Wray said in November it poses national security risks. In comparison, Facebook has nearly three billion active users, while Instagram has more than 1.2 billion. In the United States alone, more than 150 million people use the app, according to its CEO. TikTok is a social media app dedicated to short-form videos, with more than one billion active users across 150 countries. Here is what you need to know about TikTok and why countries are limiting its use: What is TikTok and how popular is the app?
The Netherlands’ interior ministry said on Tuesday it discouraged, on phones distributed by the government, the use of all apps from “countries with an aggressive cyber-programme targeted at the Netherlands or Dutch interests”. The Dutch government has become the latest one to order its officials to remove the Chinese-owned TikTok app from officials’ phones.
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