These are the places where Chinese-owned TikTok is already banned

TikTok has long maintained that it doesn’t share data with the Chinese government, and its CEO has taken a defiant stance, vowing to fight back.

Here are the places that have partial or total bans on TikTok:

The National Security Council decided last month to indefinitely ban TikTok from devices owned or paid for by the federal government.

The ban was issued on a temporary basis last year on worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation. Prime Minister Alexander de Croo said it was based on warnings from the country’s state security service and cybersecurity centre.

Devices issued by the federal government are forbidden from using TikTok. Officials cited an “unacceptable” risk to privacy and security and said the app would be removed from devices and employees blocked from downloading it.

The ministry said the reasons for the ban included both “weighty security considerations” and “very limited work-related need to use the app.”

Under the European Parliament’s ban, lawmakers and staff were also advised to remove the TikTok app from their personal devices.

The companies were given a chance to respond to questions on privacy and security requirements, but the ban was made permanent in 2021.

Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics tweeted that he deleted his TikTok account and that the app is also prohibited from official foreign ministry smartphones.

The Dutch central government banned apps including TikTok from employee work phones, citing data security concerns.

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The Himalayan country imposed a nationwide ban on TikTok, saying it was disrupting “social harmony” and goodwill, and blaming it for a “flow of indecent materials.” Authorities ordered the telecoms company