The US Navy prohibits all troops from using TikTok on dispensed devices for 'security' reasons.

According to a report from Reuters, last week, the US Navy (US Navy) issued a notice banning all staff, officers, soldiers from installing and using TikTok on the equipment allocated for the reason. This app "represents a dangerous cyber security threat, affecting US national security". At the same time, US Navy personnel are also being asked to remove TikTok on personal devices.

Without waiting for self-awareness from the staff, the US Navy will actively refuse to grant access to the Marines' intranet network for devices with short video-sharing applications from China. This country. In an interview with Reuters, a Pentagon spokesperson said it was part of a U.S. military effort to address recent emerging security threats to applicants. appliances, electronics originating from China.

Only Tiktok has been blacklisted by the U.S. Navy so far, while all other popular social networking apps will still be allowed to be used on mainstream devices. governmental allocation.

In a related news, last month, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States conducted an investigation into Musical.ly's acquisition of social networking app Musical.ly. Beijing-based technology company ByteDance (Tiktok's owner) for $ 1 billion two years earlier. According to CNBC, this is a move expressing concern of US officials about how to handle user data and respect the privacy of companies from China.

Earlier in May 2019, Chinese technology giant Huawei was blacklisted by the US government for concerns related to national security, the specific reason here is that the activities electronic espionage.

TikTok has not provided any comments on the information.