The French government has banned TikTok and all other “recreational apps” from phones issued to its employees. The Minister of Transformation and the Public Service Stanislas Guerini, said in a statement that recreational applications do not have sufficient levels of cybersecurity and data protection to be deployed on government equipment. This prohibition applies immediately and uniformly, although exemptions may be granted on an exceptional basis for professional needs such as the institutional communication of an administration, the statement read.
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