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| The U.S. Army prohibits Tik Tok on the orders of the Pentagon |
The US military highlights the growing tensions between the parent company in Beijing and the Ministry of Defense guidelines, which prohibit military personnel from using the popular TikTok video app on government-issued phones because the Defense Information Systems Agency advises against this. Ministry of Defense for all employees. Defend Chinese applications.
The military spokesman, Robin Ochoa, told Military.com in an interview this week that the request represents an electronic threat and has not been approved for government-issued devices, and the spokesman told the Washington Post that the service complies with the Ministry of Defense policy, which clearly states that the application is classified as a risk Possible security.
This program is similar to the program imposed by the U.S. Navy after the radio broadcast ban that was issued in early December of last year, forcing 23,000 Pentagon employees to uninstall the application because the program can display personal information to unwanted target individuals.
A Pentagon spokesman said the threat was linked to a possible loss of personally identifiable information, while military officials for public affairs said the military had followed instructions from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to address potential security risks to have.
The military ban and Pentagon e-mails generally do not release political measures to serve a single social media platform, reflecting Washington's deep doubts about Ticktok and Chinese US developers of the ByteDance app.
Former Tik Tok staff critics have expressed doubts. Tik Tok employees told The Washington Post earlier this year that the company had previously restricted videos in accordance with Chinese rules of acceptable speech.
In October, US Senator Chuck Schumer and Tom Cotton sent a letter asking National Security Director Joseph Maguire to address national security concerns. An investigation was conducted to determine whether the Chinese spy could reach the request, and this was investigated. Personal data for American users.