TikTok Not Only, France Also Bans The Use Of Netflix And Candy Crush Games

Photo: Example of Candy Crush games (photo: app store)

JAKARTA - It is not surprising that TikTok is banned in several countries due to national security concerns, one of which is the United States.

Some time ago, the French government also banned the installation and use of applications such as China's social network, TikTok, on mobile phones of 2.5 million state civil servant police officers.

However, not only that, but France has also banned the use of other applications such as streaming apps from America, Netflix and even Candy Crush, because they are considered to be able to present risks in terms of cybersecurity and data protection of public and administrative officials.

According to a report from local media, Le Monde, this decision was taken by the Minister of Public Services, Stanislas Guerini after an analysis conducted by the National Information System Security Agency (Anssi) and the National Information System Security Agency (Anssi).

"Among the now-forbidden apps are game apps like Candy Crush, streaming like Netflix, and social networks like TikTok. Twitter, whose content moderation policy has been debated since it was taken over by Elon Musk, has also been blacklisted," Guerini said.

However, the French government has not compiled a list of any banned applications that will apply to all ministries. However, Guerini said there must be some exceptions for the necessary communication.

In other words, this will not prevent the social media team from posting content. The ban took effect immediately, and this approach does not affect personal devices.

The crackdown came after the US federal government, dozens of states, Canada, the European Commission, and Britain had banned TikTok on their worker devices.

In this case, the reason is similar, namely worrying that the Chinese government could collect data about important individuals, spread propaganda, and force ByteDance (TikTok's parent company) to submit sensitive information.

Even so, at the congress held some time ago, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew continued to deny the allegations, and said they were not working with the Chinese Communist Party.