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Cabinet bans use of TikTok by government agencies
The Cabinet is banning all government employees from using TikTok and other Chinese streaming services that could compromise cybersecurity systems in their offices and buildings.
According to Cabinet spokesman Luo Bing-cheng, government employees found to be using such services will be punished in accordance with civil service regulations.
The statement comes after the Ministry of Digital Affairs announced last week that its employees have been prohibited from using Chinese applications that could compromise cybersecurity systems.
However, that ban has yet to be implemented across the board and government employees in the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, the Control Yuan and the Examination Yuan are still able to access TikTok and other such streaming services.
The Cabinet spokesman says his office is now working with other government agencies to uniformly ban the use of all Chinese cybersecurity-compromising streaming platforms.
Luo says there are currently no plans to completely ban the use of such systems here in Taiwan, as has been done in several countries, such an India.
