There is no doubt that TikTok is today the social network with the highest level of difficulty among the youngest. The short video format, the algorithm that is usually quite successful in selecting publications that go viral, and all the consumer culture that has developed around the platform have made it the preferred choice of the most popular audience. a juicy part of the market that other services like Facebook are constantly eager to tap into.

The extent of your influence is inversely proportional to the age of potential usersbut the change goes from gradual to exponential if the adults in question are responsible for the security of public institutions, whether on this side of the pond or on the other side of the pond, because on both sides this seemingly innocent social network is considered a real threat to users’ privacy and security companies and institutions.

This has a very simple explanation, which is that we have to remember that TikTok is a service that belongs to ByteDance, an Internet technology company based in Beijing and legally based in the Cayman Islands. In other words, it is a Chinese company and therefore has to comply with Beijing’s policy, which is known to claim the right to access the data of corporations operating in the country, even more so those that have their origins in it.

So, a few months ago we learned that both the United States federal government and some governments of some countries decided to veto the service on the official devices of their workers, a measure that ByteDance strongly criticized. However, it seems that this was only the first step in that direction as of today The European Commission has decided to ban TikTok on the official devices of the employees of the European institutionas we can see in the official communique of the Commission, in which we can also read the following:

«The aim of this measure is to protect the Commission from cyber security threats and actions that can be exploited to carry out cyber attacks on the Commission’s business environment.»

We must bear in mind the key role of the European Commission as the executive arm of the European Union, which is responsible for drafting and enforcing legislation and implementing the EU budget. What i mean? Actually, two things. The first is that due to its fundamental role in the EU it seems quite reasonable to insure against risks of this type, whether there is evidence that TikTok is being used by the Chinese government to spy on European officials. And the other one is it seems quite likely that this measure can be quickly extended to other European bodiesas well as the national institutions of the countries included in the union.

Now they have officials term that expires on March 15 proceed to uninstall TikTok from all your official devices. The European Commission confirms that this measure is temporary and that it is “under constant control and possible reassessment«, although at the press conference held to announce this veto, it was stated that the measures that the European Commission expects from ByteDance to overturn TikTok’s veto on official devices will not be disseminated, at least in this context.