Taiwan bans state-owned devices from running Chinese platform TikTok
By issuing his congratulations as a quote tweet, Carr implied his efforts in early November to collaborate with the governed land mass also known as the Republic of China were influential in the decision.
Speaking at the University of Michigan last Friday, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s director Chris Wray further reiterated security dangers associated with TikTok andIn addition to known issues with parent company ByteDance’s data collection and its potential as a tool for espionage, Wray said Beijing could have control over the app’s algorithm thusly allowing manipulations of content and therefore influence its users.
TikTok is known for its rabbit hole-like capability to court extremism."A user could feasibly download the app at breakfast and be fed overtly white supremacist and neo-Nazi content before lunch,"Last month, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Councilsaid the government has prohibited Chinese-funded corporations from operating online platforms in Taiwan and ByteDance does not operate a branch in Taiwan.
However, apps like Tik Tok and Douyin are still easily downloadable in Taiwan and ISPs have not been banned from allowing private citizens to install them. Taiwan’s new public sector ban does prohibit TikTok on state-affiliated mobile phones, tablets and PCs.
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