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Lawmakers in Germany call for TikTok ban to be considered (www.euronews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by 0x815@feddit.de to c/europe@feddit.de

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Some politicians in Germany consider the app "a danger to our democracy," says Roderich Kiesewetter, vice chairman of the Bundestag’s intelligence control committee and member of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), because it is an "important instrument" in China and Russia’s hybrid warfare.

Jens Zimmerman, a member of Germany’s Social Democratic Party, said that the government should consider at least banning the app on federal devices. This is the case for the EU institutions, for instance.

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 65 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Banning it on federal devices is a no-brainer. Tiktok, Facebook, Twitter etc all require permissions that should NEVER be given on a device used for government work.

Banning it completely, without even CONSIDERING the banning of the much worse threats mentioned above is asinine and probably based in xenophobia or other demagoguery, though.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

If that's a no brainer, it should also be a no brainer to ban them on company devices.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Sure, but that's up to the companies, not the government.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago

Every company I've worked for has had very strict standards as to what could be installed on their devices.