{"id":81284,"date":"2023-03-24T17:20:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T17:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/france-bans-tiktok-other-recreational-apps-on-work-phones-of-public-servants"},"modified":"2023-03-24T18:02:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T18:02:56","slug":"france-bans-tiktok-other-recreational-apps-on-work-phones-of-public-servants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/france-bans-tiktok-other-recreational-apps-on-work-phones-of-public-servants","title":{"rendered":"France bans TikTok, other \u2018recreational\u2019 apps on work phones of public servants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>The French government has decided to ban the installation and use of &#8220;recreational&#8221; applications on the work phones of its 2.5 million public sector employees, the Public Service Ministry announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>This decision concerns in particular TikTok, Twitter and Instagram, according to Franceinfo news channel.<\/p>\n<p>Although no &#8220;fixed and definitive&#8221; list of applications has been decided, as unnamed staff of the minister Stanislas Guerini told the news channel, three major categories are affected. They are &#8220;leisure,&#8221; &#8220;gaming&#8221; and &#8220;streaming&#8221; applications.<\/p>\n<p>France is following several Western institutions and governments that have already banned or restricted the use of Chinese social network TikTok on work devices.<\/p>\n<p>The applications affected by the ban &#8220;do not have sufficient levels of cybersecurity and data protection,&#8221; the ministry said in a statement. According to the ministry, they &#8220;may pose a risk to the privacy of these administrations and their public employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to the ban, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Friday that the Chinese government &#8220;has never asked or will ask any company or individual to collect or hand over data from abroad in a way that violates local laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. The French government has decided to ban the installation and use of &#8220;recreational&#8221; applications on the work phones of its 2.5 million public sector employees, the Public Service Ministry announced on Friday. 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