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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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[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Banning every US based social network when?

Oh who am i kidding.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Look, US is just like a parent looking over their child here.

[–] jumanjimanju@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Feels like this comment chain shouldnt have turned into China vs US...
I dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businesses

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Feels like this comment chain shouldnt have turned into China vs US…

It wouldn't if they weren't so painfully hypocrite with this.

[–] ailiphilia@feddit.it 1 points 2 years ago

dont think its controversial to think that governement officials shouldnt have any form of social media on their government issued phones. Its insane that governements have worse digital practices than a lot of mid size businesses

Yes. And what makes this thread even more weird is the fact that Tiktok is not even available in China. ByteDance offers a similar service, Douyin, that looks and works just like it, but the Western version is unavailable, and not just for government officials but the entire population.

Furthermore, a lot of other social media is blocked in China not just for officials but for the entire population, e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Snapchat and many others. Not that I think these apps are needed, I just don't understand the critics for blocking Tiktok here.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Shouldn't government devices ban all social media? Surely that's not vital to gov't employees jobs...

[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

China to allow every US based social network when?

Oh who am I kidding.

[+] pingveno@lemmy.ml -6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

China took the lead in that...

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good, why would you want US tech giants operating in your country, hoovering up data on all your citizens? Which they got caught doing by the way:

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Good thing China would never think to do that to its own citizens and worldwide.

[–] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's the line the US is selling, that China and Chinese companies like Huawei are "spying on the world". As usual it's the US projecting their own strategies and nefarious behavior on their enemies.

The US's prism program, the crypto AG revelations, hell the US spying on Angela Merkle's phone all got revealed more than a decade ago. The US in its imperial arrogance, doesn't hesitate even to spy on its allies.

Do you have any proof China is doing the same?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Difference is that US is a despotic regime that's a blight upon humanity and a planet as a whole.

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml -4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Meanwhile China dumps fill on coral reefs in an attempt to take over the territorial waters of other countries, then makes pitiful cries when the US sails right through their false claims. China would match the US sin for sin throughout the modern era if it had the capability.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

China hasn't been at war since the 70s, and it's not due to lack of capacity. Your despotic regime has been invading countries for its entire existence. I can't wait until you all finally turn on each other and leave the rest of the world alone.

[–] CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

territorial waters

These are contested waters. Basically every single country makes huge claims to the SCS. It's hardly just China. These islands would hardly be important if not for the fucking US 5th fleet.

Meanwhile the US is threatening its "allies" and neighbors. It destroys economies by flooding subsidied commodities into markets. The fucking Colorado River doesn't even reach Mexico anymore. It destroyed a million farmers lives in Mexico and then litterally murderers them, rapes them, isolates them, kidnaps them, imprisons them, enslaves them when they try to migrate accross the border.

It murders its citizens. It let half of Black wealth get destroyed while bailing out bankers. It let COVID kill over a million people and sent the Seattle Indian Health Board fucking BODY BAGS when they asked for PPE.

It weaponizes disease. It weaponizes food. It weaponizes climate change. It weaponizes finance. It weaponizes oil. It weaponizes information. It weaponizes organised crime. It prevents land reforms around the world. It prevents social programs. It prevents measures to protect sovereignty. It prevents peace and enables war. It baits nations into war. It assualts peasants. It assualts Indigenous peoples. It assualts women. It assualts workers. It assualts its own allies.

The US literally does nothing good for the world.

Meanwhile China is calling for peace in Ukraine and is rising millions out of poverty. The only thing China is guilty of is successfully developing despite the extreme weight of the imperialist system while being Chinese.

[–] m532@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why are usa ships near china. Yankees always invade invade invade. Thousands of kilometers away from their coast. Those rogue ships should be treated like the pirate ships they are.

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

Why are usa ships near china.

What are you talking about? These are hundreds of miles from China's shores.

[–] ailiphilia@feddit.it -2 points 2 years ago

... an attempt to take over the territorial waters of other countries

Sometimes this appears to happen in somewhat irritating ways as reports say: Micronesia's President David Panuelo has accused China of making 'direct threats against my personal safety'

[–] KnightOfOldEmpire@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

It blows my mind that TikTok is being banned, while if memory serves, not so long ago high EU officials accidentally leaked their login passwords over Zoom.

[–] ailiphilia@feddit.it 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

National cybersecurity agency deems TikTok a threat to Czechia

The Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NÚKIB) has today warned Czechs against downloading the Chinese video application TikTok. It has labeled the app a “security threat” and said the public should “think twice” before using it.

Danish public broadcaster advises staff against using TikTok