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Belgium also bans TikTok on government phones (www.politico.eu)

submitted 2 years ago by ailiphilia@feddit.it to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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"TikTok is a Chinese company that currently is mandated to cooperate with Chinese intelligence services,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said in a statement. The Belgian ban is based on a risk analysis by the country's intelligence services and recommendations by the national cybersecurity center.

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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sailing through international waters. Literally terrorism.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Oh yes, sailing with missiles within 12 nautical miles of a country is international waters. Got it. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/asia/us-navy-south-china-sea-freedom-of-navigation-intl-hnk/index.html